There is little evidence as yet that any of this alleged voter suppression actually materially affects elections. The republican party is now completely alined around president trump's idea that the previous election was stolen. Legions of his followers are now running to be chief elections officers and minor elections officials, to basically politicize and make partisan what was previously a fairly boring and technocratic part of american life.
Democrats will spend the week battling for a tightening of laws on casting votes; that will
overshadow Republicans’ worrying push into how those votes are counted and certified. Earthquakes remain damnably unpredictable, but
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