Report raises alarm on ‘insidious’ effort to undermine US democracy

State legislatures using gerrymandering, voter suppression, misinformation and intimidation to make voting more difficult

An insidious and coordinated" effort between lawmakers and extremist groups is under way to undermine American democracy, according to a new report.

On Tuesday, the nonpartisan civil rights organization National Urban League released the annual report in its analysis series The State of Black America. The report, called Under Siege: The Plot to Destroy Democracy, outlines the conspiracy and the urgent case for a national mobilization to protect and defend our most sacred constitutional right".