If you live in a democracy like we do, you have this amazing privilege. You can vote.

True, some folks  show little interest in voting.

But in a few states, there are folks who remarkably want to make it more difficult for citizens to vote.

With just weeks left in the campaign, the US Supreme Court has allowed voting restrictions to take effect in Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina, while blocking a voter ID law in Wisconsin.

The common thread between each decision seems to be that the court is wary of changing the rules of the game so close to an election.

But the court itself has to take some credit/blame for the existence of many of these measures, as their decision to nullify sections of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 paved the way for many states to change their election laws without federal oversight.

The most extreme example might be the Texas ID law. It was deemed an unconstitutional poll tax in effect by a federal district court due to the fees levied on those seeking valid ID, and could disenfranchise around 600,000 mostly minority voters.

The Wisconsin law, which has been mired with legal trouble since it passed in 2011, could affect 10 percent of voters without the proper IDs, according to the law’s legal challengers.

And so at a time when many Americans feel apathetic about politics, for some the choice is being taken away all together.

Are voting rights under attack in the United States?