Untold America, a webseries by AJ+, just released a powerful new episode reminding the country that as the midterms approach, 4 million Americans living in U.S. territories continue to lack any voting representation in Congress and can’t even vote for President – even as these patriotic Americans serve in the military at rates exceeding any state. The episode explains how disenfranchisement in the territories is connected to issues like the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and restrictions on federal benefits provided to Americans in these communities, as well as a troubling history of racial discrimination against the residents of overseas territories.

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Segovia v. United States, a lawsuit seeking to expand voting rights in U.S. territories. The lawsuit was brought by Equally American on behalf of a group of veterans and others living in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands who would be able to vote for President and have voting representation in Congress if they lived in any other U.S. territory or even a foreign country but cannot based on discriminatory federal and state overseas voting laws.

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