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The Nineteenth Amendment did not enfranchise all women equally. Today, many women continue to face barriers to the franchise, including women of color, trans women, and women with disabilities.

It’s wonderful to celebrate the 19th Amendment’s centennial, but it’s not enough. We need to finish the job of the voting rights activists who fought for both the 15th and 19th Amendments.

The 19th Amendment inked women’s suffrage into American history, a culminating moment in an effort to win political power. But as the 100th anniversary of its ratification fast approaches, it’s essential to reflect on who the 19th Amendment excluded in practice if not on paper, and what the popular historical record of this movement leaves out.

Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson wants you to vote like your rights depend on it!

There's still work to be done to make sure the right to vote applies to everyone, including people with disabilities.

Four key actions the Senate can take to protect marginalized communities and the most vulnerable people in the United States.

COVID-19 highlighted the need for universal access to no-excuse vote by mail. For many voters with disabilities, vote by mail has always been the safest and most accessible way to cast a ballot, because it allows them to avoid the challenges of getting to the polls, waiting in line, and facing physical barriers at the polling place. While in-person polling places are required to be fully accessible, we still see violations such as lack of ramps or elevators, voting machines not properly set up, and facilities without adequate signage indicating accessible routes or parking. 

Voting by mail supplements access to voting rights.