NEW: By now, you've likely read that the stat that state lawmakers have intro'd 250+ bills to restrict voting.
At the same time, deep-blue states & Dem legislators in red states are also working to expand voting access, quietly moving the needle nationally businessinsider.com/some-states-qu…
At the same time, deep-blue states & Dem legislators in red states are also working to expand voting access, quietly moving the needle nationally businessinsider.com/some-states-qu…
On the other side of that stat (which comes from the @brennancenter), lawmakers have actually intro'd over 700 measures to *expand* voting access. But as @swerenbecker points not all bills have the same chance of passing, depending on the state context businessinsider.com/some-states-qu…
The experts at @voteathome said in a blog post last week that per their analysis, only 15% of all election-related bills intro'd this year would restrict mail voting specifically, arguing that we shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees voteathome.medium.com/mid-session-up…
A lot of deep-blue states, particularly on the east coast, are finally taking up bills to expand no-excuse mail voting, early voting, registration opportunities, etc, and interestingly, a huge chunk of expansive bills have been filed in deep-red states too businessinsider.com/some-states-qu…
Of a proposal to enact no-excuse absentee in Alabama, for example, @AKlineinCO said: "Even though I can tell you with like 99% certainty that that bill won't pass, I think it's important to acknowledge that that conversation is still happening." businessinsider.com/some-states-qu…
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