10-22-2018, 08:57 AM
I think one of the things we often forget is how much Shelby County v. Holder has played a role in this. Since that ruling, not just those states formerly required to seek federal approval, but all states have been given the go-ahead to enact voter restrictions aimed at suppressing voter turnout.
What is interesting to me is just how inventive and blatant they have become with their efforts. Michigan, for example, recently passed a law to raise the minimum wage. They did it so that it would remove the need for the referendum to do that very thing on the ballot. The Republicans have been open about this, saying they wanted to get it off the ballot to reduce voter turnout and they have vowed to gut the law next year once they have won the legislature again.
What is interesting to me is just how inventive and blatant they have become with their efforts. Michigan, for example, recently passed a law to raise the minimum wage. They did it so that it would remove the need for the referendum to do that very thing on the ballot. The Republicans have been open about this, saying they wanted to get it off the ballot to reduce voter turnout and they have vowed to gut the law next year once they have won the legislature again.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
