In this latest episode of Policy & Pound Cake, we are talking about voting rights. We believe that this issue, like many important issues, is being used as a political football to gin up the base. As some leaders and activists cry, voter suppression, the reality is that voting rights, voter turnout and voter access have increased.
As state legislatures review the things that worked and didn't work as the nation voted during a global pandemic, they have written laws to implement things that worked and modify things that did not work.
But the cries that Democracy is about to end because people are being asked to show their ID to vote, or because activists and partisans are not allowed to pass out treats while people are waiting in line, or because third party groups are no longer allowed to send unsolicited ballots, or because partisan players are not allowed to mass-collect absentee ballots....is well RIDICULOUS.
We see this as an attempt for Democrats to go to page #1 of their playbook and do what they do when their polls numbers are plummeting. They call Republicans racists.
Hey...Republicans are not immune. They have a playbook as well. But today, we are talking about voting rights...which are not in jeopardy.
Take a listen and talk back. Remember we love to curate civil discourse. #attackpolicynotpeople.
In this episode, we reference the following links.
BeyondTheNarrative.TV (To watch our interview with Armstrong Williams)
JustReadTheDamnBill.com (To read federal bills that affect you)
https://amzn.to/3pB6kkD (To buy our book)
BondGirlBooks.com (To join us for virtual book club on February 24th)