On Earth Two, politicians of all political parties encourage voter participation at the very highest level. They’re desperate for people to vote, and they’re desperate to making voting as easy as possible. They know that voting is what makes representative democracy work.
The Brennan Center for Justice released a report today about voting-rights restrictions and, well, this ain’t no fairy tale:
The states have been busy legislating on voting this decade, a trend that began following the 2010 election. In the following two years, states passed a wave of restrictions: 19 bills in 27 states. Some laws were blocked or reversed, but more followed in the next four years — and now 20 states have new restrictions in effect since that time. Although the initial flood of restrictive legislation has given way to a more deliberate pace, serious threats to voting continue to be introduced and passed in state capitals.
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The Breannan Center noted a number of trends, some of them positive. But this is the one I found most disturbing:
A spike in laws restricting voting and registration assistance. Legislators are increasingly targeting individuals and organizations that help others participate.
It’s one thing to make it hard for an old lady to cross the street. But it takes real cynicism to try to stop a lady from helping an old lady across the street.
You should check out the full report. Remember folks, in Trumpworld we have to be able to focus on multiple crises all at the same time.
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Voting Laws Roundup 2017 [Brennan Center for Justice]
Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.