The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act significantly weakens the federal government's authority to prevent voter discrimination in state and local elections. In the second of his three-part illustrated series on voting rights in America, Andy Warner explains the court's decision and the immediate implications of the ruling (see part 1 here). View the full graphic below the slideshow.
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1. U.S. Census data on voting rates
Andy Warner's comic journalism has been published by Symbolia, Slate, popsci.com, American Public Media, Campus Progress and more. You can see more of his work at: andywarnercomics.com and andywarnercomics.tumblr.com.