According to the Department of Justice, the Section 241 statute hails from the Enforcement Acts in the late 1800s that were later repealed, which aimed to protect election integrity for the general public, but also specifically for marginalized groups.
Dozens of voters linger in line to vote after the official end of polling time due to trouble with one of the place's two voting booths and mixups with student ballots Nov. 8, 2016 in Philadelphia.Several of the regions the Trump campaign challenged following the presidential election -- including Georgia's Chatham County, Wayne County in Michigan, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- are home to large Black or Latino populations, which voted largely for Biden.