How History Explains the Voting Wars — Market Mad House
America’s political history explains the growing Voting Wars. Indeed, how Americans vote has become a central issue in our politics.
Recent headlines show how intense the Voting Wars have become. Mother Jones; for example, observes Georgia Republicans Are Doubling Down on Racist Voter Suppression. Politico muses State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss. The Guardian tops them all with US democracy on the brink: Republicans wage ‘coordinated onslaught’ on voting rights.
The headlines reflect an all-out war over the vote in America’s state houses. That war is intensifying and spreading to Washington DC.
The Voting Wars
The unprecedented Republican onslaught involves 361 bills that could restrict voting in 47 state legislatures, the Brennan Center estimates.
Incredibly, the number of restrictive bills grew by 108 or 43% between 19 February 2021 and 24 March 2021. On 19 February the Brennan Center counted 253 voter restriction bills, the number grew to 361 a month later.
