The National League of Women Voters recently celebrated its 100th anniversary in the heat of the 2020 presidential primaries.
That also means acknowledging a less-fortunate part of the organization’s history, said Susannah Scott, president of the Georgia League of Women Voters.
“In order to achieve the 19th Amendment, white suffragists left a lot of black suffragists to the wayside in order to move forward,” Scott said.
“And we have to acknowledge that past and make sure we’re doing everything we can to make sure that all citizens — regardless of race, color, religion — have access.”
Voter suppression, historic disenfranchisement and making the polls accessible for all communities are issues that have been swept into political discourse during this supercharged election year.
