Existential Threat — Or Politics As Usual?

In Washington — and in many state capitols — legislators and activists have cast voting legislation in apocalyptic terms, claiming that any change in voter law represents an existential threat to democracy as we know it. New rules on obtaining a ballot are decried as suppression, while anything that opens access to voters is an invitation to fraud. But, for many voters, these laws aren’t threatening the future of democracy; instead, they are just the latest example of the two parties using any means necessary to give themselves electoral advantages. CONTINUED

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report


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