percentage of americans that americans think...
... have a drivers license 83%


actual percentage of americans who...
...have a drivers license 68%^

*this is part of why requiring one to vote is considered discriminatory.

in mississippi, 16% of the black voting age population remains blocked from casting a ballot, as well as 10% of the overall voting age population.

mississippi is home to the highest percentage of black americans of any state, but it has not elected a black person to statewide office since 1890.

eugene debs, a socialist who was put in prison for protesting u.s. involvement in wwi, ran for president from prion and received almost 1 million votes. this was also the first u.s. election in which women in all 48 states could vote.

in 1872, victoria woodhull was nominated for president of the u.s., and frederick douglas was chosen as her running mate. if she had won, she would have been the first woman president, and douglas would have been the first black vice president.

12 russian intelligence agents were indicted for meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. they worked to sow doubt in the credibility of u.s. elections, and to see to it that candidate hillary clinton lost.

 in 1916, jeannette rankin became the first female member of congress... 4 years before american women were permitted by men to vote.

the first female member of congress was jeannette rankin. she was elected in 1916, 4 years before the 19th amendment - which gave white women the vote - was ratified.

some politicians want to ban voters who don't have a permanent address, such as native americans, seniors, many farmers, astronauts, etc. (a practice which is flat-out unconstitutional).

it's true: u.s. astronauts get to vote from space, and list their address as 'low earth orbit'.

during the 2018 midterm election cycle, republican brian kemp ran for governor of georgia, despite that fact that he was georgia's secretary of state at the time, and thus in charge of the election process. kemp refused to step down as secretary of state until he declared himself the winner.

during his tenure in that role, kemp oversaw the cancelation of 1.4 million voter registrations and was accused of intentionally repressing the voting rights of minorities, a common occurrence in that state.

susanna salter was the first female mayor in the u.s. she was nominated as a joke, but won with 60% of the votes.

only 31% of asian americans vote.

arkansas congressman wilbur mills was pulled over by the police for driving without his headlights on. he was drunk and covered with blood that belonged to the stripper who was his passenger, whom he was in the process of beating up. the moment the police opened the door, she jumped out of mills' car and into a nearby reservoir to get away from him.

arkansas voters re-elected him with nearly 60% of the vote.

48 states don't allow prisoners to vote.

the u.s. used to have laws that prevented you from voting if you didn't own land.

switzerland didn't give all of its women the right to vote until 1990.