Tomorrow on the podcast, my friend Brian (in Sarah's absence-enjoy the vacation, Sarah!) & I briefly discuss the corporate fallout from Georgia's elections legislation. I have a little more I would like to say about this, with help from America's favorite pastime.
I've read so many "is it really voter suppression?" takes over the past few days. I would so much like to exit the Take Economy.
As we've said before, there are elements of this (big ole) bill that are desirable... Like allowing officials to start processing absentee ballots earlier.
There are elements that are undesirable--like restricting drop boxes to being located inside polling places and allowing them to be accessed only during polling hours.
There are elements that I worry will allow the legislature to seriously overreach, infusing the process with partisanship.
I can sit here in Kentucky, where I've never had to wait even an hour to vote, opining about how bad it is or isn't... That seems beside the point to me.
Georgia has a history and a present, with all kinds of relevant context. And it is plainly obvious that this legislation was passed because the voting public got a little too purple for the legislature's liking.
While a court might view the outcome on its face alone (and in comparison to other states), the public can and should look at the whole picture here.
And corporations are always going to be part of the public dialogue, transparently or opaquely. In this instance, speaking out publicly against a law that, in context, is pretty bad, makes sense. There's nothing particularly "woke" about "stop trying to make voting harder."
Anyway, a little more on that tomorrow + Sarah's super helpful interview with Doug Broughton about crypto currency and NFTs. See you there.
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