Repeating History: Professor Overton on Voting Rights

Professor Spencer Overton appeared on MSNBC's "Disrupt" to discuss the history of rhetoric surrounding the voting rights debate. The segment focused on arguments made by opponents of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 that also are being used today: Voting protections are unnecessary and infringe on states' rights, promoting voting rights stokes racial division, and voting restrictions advance electoral integrity.