WHY IT MATTERS: Voting rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE:
Who should be able to vote and how easy should it be? It’s a question that goes to the core of democracy.
Voting rights are in flux in the final months of Barack Obama’s two terms as the first black president. Citing a need to combat fraud, Republican-controlled legislatures are tightening voter laws by limiting early voting and same-day registration, by requiring IDs at polling places, and more. In 2013, declaring “our country has changed,&rd