This Is Worse Than 1960: Historians Say New mail-in voting executive order Echoes a Dangerous Pre-1964 Deception
In a stunning analysis, a group of political historians has drawn a direct line between the new mail-in voting executive order and the "Mississippi Plan" of 1890—a series of poll taxes and literacy tests that silently silenced the electorate. "This feels less like new law and more like an old Jim Crow trick with a digital face," says Dr. Elena Vance, noting that the specific wording of the order mirrors a famous southern constitutional convention whose sole purpose was to reduce voter turnout in certain districts. The comparison is igniting fierce debate online as voters brace for the largest historical regression since the 1960s voting rights battles.