Voting season is just around the corner, but what policies and practices are affecting voting participation today?
Join us for a 38 minute screening of Suppressed: This Brave New Films production follows the testimonies of Georgians during the 2018 midterm election and the picture of voter suppression through poll station closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, and much more. Following, we will have a discussion lead by Christina Fletes, UC Berkeley Alumnus and ACLU Northern California Voting Rights Attorney.
Event Details:
Date: November 4, 2019
Time: 5:30PM
Location: ASUC Senate Chambers, 5th Floor Eshleman Hall.
Speaker: Christina Fletes, UC Berkeley Alumnus and ACLU Northern California Voting Rights Attorney.
About Suppressed: The Fight to Vote:
“Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, the new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA) weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote features experts, poll watchers and everyday Georgians speaking to the reality of voter suppression and the threat it poses in 2020. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes, the film exposes that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be under siege in America.”
- Excerpt from https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed.
