What long voting lines in the US really mean | 2020 Election

The sneaky ways that some US states make it harder to vote. Watch more 2020 election explainers at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8cMiYb3G5eKjlXtsOo6SDi2ZvcHQ69q The process of voting isn’t the same for all Americans. Depending on where you live, you might vote on a screen, a punchcard, or a piece of paper. You might have to show an ID to vote, or you might not. And you might have to wait a long time, or you might not. Some of these differences don’t really matter. But some of them make voting harder. And sometimes they can keep people from voting altogether. For decades, the US had a civil rights law that made sure those differences were fair, and didn’t disproportionately keep certain people from voting: the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But in 2013, the US Supreme Court gutted that law, allowing states to pass a slew of new voting laws. Those new laws often had the effect of making it harder for poor people and people of color to vote. And the 2020 US election will be shaped in part by those laws. But the same election will also decide the future of those laws. This was the second in our series of 2020 election explainers, all based on viewer suggestions. Watch the others, which cover the stakes of the election on: 1) Climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfAXbGInwno 2) Voting rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al3qY8ZMHEc 3) Reproductive health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzuk13Ftxgo 4) Public schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJ37ri-Saw 5) Police reform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHePglP28CM 6) America’s role in the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5LrQv496Iw 7) Transportation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDZtBRTyeI 8) LGBTQ rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRnpUptf7E0 9) The eviction crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F07yTI0J3Qk For more information on polling place closures, check out the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights 2019 report: https://civilrights.org/de