Rigged Before the First Vote

Stealing Elections, American Style · Oct 29, 2026 · 50m

These times in American history may seem unprecedented, with an active vote suppressor as president and sections of the Voting Rights Act gutted. But the country’s history of voter suppression is as old as America itself, whether you’re talking ballot stuffing or gerrymandering.

Here to explain are David Walbert, a constitutional lawyer who litigated voting rights cases for decades, and Anoa Changa-Peck, a retired attorney-turned-journalist who has covered electoral justice for NewsOne, Truthout and Scalawag.

David and Anoa give the U.S. government crash course that we should've had in…