Slow Down And Smell The Fear Behind New Restrictive Election Laws

When the GOP passes laws to restrict voting, they’re signaling fear of a change in demographics.

The Republican response to the 2020 election is resounding. According to the Harvard University Brennan Center for Justice, “ As of March 24, legislators have introduced 361 bills with restrictive provisions in 47 states. That’s 108 more than the 253 restrictive bills tallied as of February 19, 2021 — a 43 percent increase in little more than a month.” Clearly, the GOP is on the march to restrict voting rights, and that march is gathering momentum and is filled with fear.

“Oh, but this is all about election integrity. We want everyone to vote that has the right to vote.” Nevermind that the GOP won a ton of offices down-ballot in 2020. They still think that new measures are required to ensure that they win in the next election, and the next one and the next one. All these new laws smell of a real fear that the GOP might be relegated to some sort of permanent minority status.

I suppose they might be right. I mean, the GOP could just write better laws that appeal to a broader constituency, but that might be too hard for them. After watching the movie, “Slay The Dragon”, and seeing how artfully the GOP drew district lines for the 2010 election, I’d think their efforts would have received national attention by now. The GOP now has majorities in the statehouses of a majority of all the states…