Democracy is under attack on thousands of fronts:
In March, the City Council of Daphne, Ala., shrank the number of polling places from five locations in white and black districts to just two polling places located in districts that are mostly white. As a result, black voters are now forced to travel farther than before, yet most white voters face no new burdens.
Similarly, although a federal appeals court in July reinstated seven extra days of early voting in North Carolina, the Board of Elections in Wake County, N.C., decided this month to limit early voting to one site, rather than 20, during the restored early voting period.
So much for the "post-racial" America that doesn't need the Voting Rights Act anymore. But contrary to what many advocates fear, the selective stifling of voting in strategic areas, these attacks are ubiquitous and reflect a much wider conspiracy than previously envisioned:
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