You’re not going to die of dysentery, but it might just find a way to kill your vote.

The New York Times has a modern-day Oregon Trail parody for you to play that explores the “heroic” journey Americans will make on November 8th to their polling place. Part of the publication’s series of “Op-Docs” — opinionated documentaries — covering the 2016 election, The Voter Suppression Trail is the final installment of the series.

You have three options: you can be a white programmer from California; a Latina nurse from Texas; or a black salesman from Wisconsin. The challenges you face are very different depending on your character, and reflect the unique difficulties voters face based on their race and location.

“Some paths will…

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