Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

While much of the mainstream media casts Russia as the lone bogeyman of American election fraud, there’s a systematic scheme of homegrown voter suppression going on in plain sight. This documentary, sponsored by the American Issues Initiative and narrated by actor Jeffrey Wright, chronicles the barriers to enfranishment being imposed nationwide by the Republican Party. This includes a visit to North Carolina and its GOP-controlled legislature’s efforts at rank gerrymandering, voter ID, and restrictive, unconstitutional measures (never mind illegal plots like absentee ballot-stuffing). A panel discussion following the film will feature Allison Riggs of the Southern Coalition of Social Justice, who recently argued North Carolina’s partisan gerrymandering case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Other participants on the panel include N.C. Rep. Robert Reives, Tomas Lopez of Democracy NC, and Jennifer Bremer of the League of Women Voters NC.