According to Timothy Noah at The New Republic, the GOP obsession with restricting mail-in balloting “will likely harm Republican candidates more than Democratic ones.” Here is a taste of his recent piece: Before I dig into these numbers, let me...
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100 prominent political scientists: American democracy is in danger
New America, a Washington D.C. think tank, gathered 100 political scientists to sign this statement of concern: June 1, 2021 We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with...
A Texas state representative defends the phrase “purity of the ballot box.” It does not go well.
Watch: The Washington Post has it covered: Early on in a contentious night of debate over a bill that would create newvoting restrictions in Texas, state Rep. Rafael Anchía (D) zeroed in on what he called a “peculiar term.” The bill said...
Ronald Reagan in 1975: “Why don’t we try reverse psychology and make it harder to vote?”
I am reading Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland and was struck by this passage (p.93-94): Look what happened after President Carter, on March 22, sent a letter to Congress recommending a package of electoral reforms. The president was concerned that America ranked...
Will bamboo change the election results in Maricopa County, Arizona?
Arizona is recounting the ballots from the 2020 presidential election. The audit is being conducted by an organization called Cyber Ninjas. This guy is part of the team that is overseeing the audit: What is going on here? Digby is...
“You can repeal Obamacare from the comfort of your own home”: When the GOP encouraged its members to vote by mail
I found Amy Gardner’s piece at The Washington Post through Tom Sullivan’s post at Hullabaloo. There was once a time when the GOP loved mail-in voting. No more. Here is Gardner: Republican operatives worth their salt remember well the Sunshine...
Kentucky expands access to voting
While Georgia and other states are restricting the right to vote, Kentucky is expanding it. Here is Tim Elfrink at The Washington Post: As Republicans in more than 40 states have pushed bills to restrict voting after former president Donald Trump’s November...
Kamala Harris meets with faith leaders, including Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals
Kim was one of the few faith leaders who was actually in the room. Harris said that she wanted to discuss COVID-19 vaccines, immigration, voting rights, and hate crimes. Watch: The staff removed the cameras after Harris’s opening remarks....
Which states are trying to restrict voting?
According to FiveThirtyEight, every state legislature in the union except Ohio, Louisiana, North Carolina, Delaware, and Vermont are considering bills to restrict voting based on the “Big Lie” that there was widespread fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The following...
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith uses the Old Testament to lecture Senator Chuck Schumer (he’s Jewish) about why it is wrong to vote on Sunday
This is why we have separation of church of state. It also illustrates how the belief that America was founded as a Christian nation informs the legislative agenda of the country’s highest GOP lawmakers. Does Hyde-Smith really believe our voting...
What just happened in Georgia?
Georgia just rewrote their election laws. Here is the The Atlanta Journal Constitution list of proposed changes: Absentee ballots would be verified based on driver’s license numbers or other documentation instead of voter signatures. Ballot drop boxes would only be...
When you lose Iowa
Most Iowans are not very happy about efforts to restrict voting in the Hawkeye State. Here is Giovanni Russonello at The New York Times: Republican state lawmakers across the country have responded to President Biden’s victory in November by proposing...
Trump just requested a mail-in ballot
Here is The Palm Beach Post: Former President Donald Trump is set to fulfill his civic duty as a private citizen and vote in the town of Palm Beach’s municipal election. Despite his false claims about mail voting during the 2020 election cycle,...
On Josh Hawley’s brazen and cynical CPAC speech
Sometime prior to November 8, 2020, four members of the Fea household voted in the presidential election. We joined millions of Pennsylvanians who voted by mail. We are the “people” of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Our voice was heard. Missouri...
There was no singular evangelical Trump voter
The title of this post plays off of Henry Olsen’s recent Washington Post column: “There is no singular Trump voter.” Here is a taste: The motivation behind voters’ support for President Donald Trump has been a source of intense speculation...