Washington Monthly: “On Voting Rights, Trump and Harris Couldn’t Be Farther Apart”
Some small excerpts from my piece that’s in the Washington Monthly today. Go read the full thing!
Democracy itself is on the ballot this year. So is the fundamental right to vote.
Beyond stark differences in their fidelity to democratic principles, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have divergent approaches to voting rights. As I’ve long advocated, bipartisanship in voting rules is best. Hopefully, whoever wins will work across the aisle to enact meaningful, bipartisan reforms that make voting more accessible and secure. That said, the two candidates have vastly different views.
Harris would expand early voting and vote-by-mail, discourage partisan gerrymandering, and adopt policies leading to higher turnout. Trump’s obsession with election “integrity” is narrow, used most often to challenge results he does not like.
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The fundamental right to vote, the cornerstone of democracy, could look vastly different depending on who wins the election.
We live in a democracy. It is up to the voters to decide which approach is best.