Why is it so hard to vote in the beacon of democracy and freedom?

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Day two of Live From Main Street and GRITtv’s special programming on voting in the United States. Registration deadlines loom and there are many obstacles. From reading tests to ID challenges, felon disenfranchisement laws and the endless purging of voter rolls the U.S. is almost alone among industrial world democracies in having no uniform federal voting law. WHY IS THAT?
As early voting begins in states across the country, we are joined by Wendy Weiser who directs the Brennan Center's work on voting rights and elections; Docia Buffington, the lead organizer for the Youth Voter Collective; renowned author and professor, Frances Fox Piven. She has written many books including Why Americans Still Don't Vote; and Dr. Divine Pryor the Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions.

Live From Main Street Ohio: Voter Registration Part 1

Live From Main Street Ohio: Voter Registration Part 2

Live From Main Street Ohio: Voter Registration Part 3