Vota Uppression Laws - What Are the Things Not Catastrophizing?

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Since the start of the bin presidency, dozens of states have put forward bills that are characterized as suppressing voting rights. There's also bills that make it easier to purge voto rolls based on not voting. The thing is, with these laws, it's not necessarily convincing that they actually effectively help one party or another. People get motivated and to fight back against attacks tof their democracy, to their right to vote.

Sam Koppelman is a Democratic strategist who served as director of surrogate speechwriting on the Biden campaign. He is the author, with former Attorney General Eric Holder, of Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote—a History, a Crisis, a Plan.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sam Koppelman discuss the history of voting rights, how and whether to reform institutions from the electoral college to primary elections, and why Democrats are in such a weak position as they head into the midterms and 2024.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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