A lot of my Democratic friends are wringing their hands over legislation in certain states that is designed to suppress voting. Laws have reduced early voting, eliminated drop boxes, and stricter regulation on mail in ballots are all designed to suppress voting. These provisions don't worry me. If anyone wants to vote and makes an effort then even with these changes, they will be able to vote. The concern is whether their votes will be counted.
What concerns me are new laws that would allow incumbent state legislatures to void the election results over some pretense of voting irregularities. It's an attempt to use the Big Lie about the 2020 election to disenfranchise your vote and create an incumbency that no longer is accountable to the people.
We have had elected politicians (Dem and GOP) choose their voters using partisan gerrymandering. This goes one step further. This allows incumbent politicians to decide whether or not to count legal votes. Do we want politicians elected in 2020 to pick whose vote will count in 2022 or 2024? To paraphrase our greatest President. We, all of us. conservative, moderates and liberals, need to continue the work of creating a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
