Abstract:
The aim of this study is to demonstrate a complete assessment of AfricanAmerican voter disenfranchisement throughout the history of the United States;
ultimately concentrating on the 21st century to evaluate the evolving forms of
disenfranchisement. For that purpose, the 2018 Georgia midterm election was
selected as a case study in order to collect and investigate evidence of voter
suppression. In this dissertation, the techniques of voter disenfranchisement are
explained with the purpose of potentially identifying their presence in the
Georgia midterms. By researching voter turnout alongside demographic data of
voters, findings in the study have shown that suppression techniques have been
genuinely used during the aforementioned elections. In fact, discriminatory laws
to disenfranchise African-Americans continue to exist in the 21st century; and it
is clear that the American electoral system is still biased against AfricanAmericans through the different laws that are designed to prevent such minority
groups from voting.
