The misleading Democrat voter suppression mantra
Despite establishment media handwringing over Republicans in state legislatures menacing democracy with an onslaught of “voter suppression” laws, more bills that expand access to the ballot box were adopted in the nation’s statehouses in 2021 than those that restrict it.
That pattern continues in 2022 as the 46 legislatures that convene this year—41 are in session right now—have more bills identified as expansive than those defined as restrictive on tap.
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The lack of this context is a frustrating disconnect for Republican lawmakers canvassed by The Epoch Times who are sponsoring 2022 bills classified as restrictive by Brennan Center and then echoed in mainstream media. This partisan fear-mongering, they maintain, is obscuring goodwill reviews of data gleaned from post-2020 analyses that identified flaws in state election laws.
“‘Voter suppression’ is a really dangerous catch-all claim that is code for ‘A bill I don’t like,’” Nebraska state Sen. Julie Slama (R) said. “I do believe that it is an awful narrative that will drive down turnout and confidence in elections” and is distracting lawmakers in many states from a sober review of state election laws.
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We have come to expect these misleading statements from Democrats and their media cohorts. Personally, I still am all for suppressing the vote of the dead. I believe that Wisconsin recently discovered that a significant number of voters registered to vote in 1918.
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