- How the 2000 Election in Florida Led to a New Wave of Voter Disenfranchisement: "the most significant effort to restrict voting rights since the Jim Crow era…468 voting restrictions have been introduced in 49 states. Half the states in the country have passed new laws making it harder to vote." http://www.thenation.com/article/how-the-2000-election-in-florida-led-to-a-new-wave-of-voter-disenfranchisement/ 29 comments politics