Collected Item: “Covid-19, Homelessness and Voters Rights”
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Covid-19, Homelessness and Voters Rights
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Article (Including podcast excerpt)
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For many American’s, the financial impact of covid-19 has been at the forefront of their minds. With sky-rocketing unemployment rates and working hours cut due to state restrictions to help stop the spread of the virus, some American’s have been forced out of their residencies and into homelessness. Even more troubling, many shelters were unable to house the homeless due to capacity restrictions. For those who do not know, homeless citizens in all 50 states have the right to vote, but some states encouraged mail-in voting for the 2020 election to limit the spread of covid-19. Without a permanent address, many homeless citizens were forced to vote in person because they had no other alternative.
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#HST241, #CovidMiniCollection, #Suffolk, #Voting, #Homelessness, #MailInBallots, #2020Election
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https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/08/06/mail-in-voting-homeless-coronavirus
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Tonya Mosley and Allison Hagan of WBUR
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2020-08-06