Voter turnout was a 2020 bright spot, but it might not continue
By Herb Jackson
CQ Roll Call
Feb. 1, 2021
Excerpt
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University released a study Tuesday showing that state legislators have introduced three times the number of bills to restrict voting access when compared to the same point last year.
“They’re misdiagnosing the problem. They think the reason Trump lost is because of Democrats voting by mail,” said Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a Brennan Center fellow and law professor at Stetson University. “It’s entirely possible that Trump so badmouthed voting by mail that it probably depressed the vote-by-mail by Republicans in enough key states that he lost his own presidency.”
This article was originally published on the CQ Roll Call website on Feb. 1, 2021, with the headline, “Voter turnout was a 2020 bright spot, but it might not continue.”
Post date: Feb. 1, 2021
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