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There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.

Without a heritage, every generation starts over.

Ask not to remind the current regime.

We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.

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to get back in their box and stay there.

Lift-off.

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From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.

Thank you. Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. The road to the ballot box is not always an easy one.

For most of us in the United States, voting is just another task, albeit an extremely important one, to be squeezed into a busy

schedule. But at different times in history, Americans have had to struggle to cast their ballot.

In the Jim Crow era, black Americans faced a variety of artificial barriers to exercise

their right to vote, including poll taxes, literacy tests, and the threat of violence.

During the Second World War, getting ballots to soldiers stationed overseas, on time, securely,

and in compliance with election law was a logistical nightmare.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, voters faced widespread concern about the security of mass mail-in voting. Most recently,

Hurricanes Helene and Milton have caused devastation across several states in the American

Southeast, most notably in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. With the 2024 election only a few

weeks away, many are concerned about whether these voters will have the ability

to be heard this cycle. The Heritage Foundation's manager of the election law reform initiative

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