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    1. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 20 Mar 2021

      I recently wrote a piece arguing that the Senate must pass voting reform, or else US democracy is fk'd for a decade, minimum. And I also made the point that the GOP will fight voting reform with everything they've got. https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-most-important-job-ahead-for …pic.twitter.com/2qATM9mJ0c

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    2. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 20 Mar 2021

      In that vein, I draw your attention to this AP story. Already the right is pulling together across issue lines for this. Already the rhetoric is escalating. (Cruz says Dems want to let murderers & child rapists vote.) Already oligarch money is flooding in. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-voting-rights-ted-cruz-legislation-elections-6270306f67108ac16f4ee7b45a8afdb3 …

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    3. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 20 Mar 2021

      This is my great fear about voting rights: the right understands the stakes & the left, broadly speaking, does not, at least not yet. The right is pulling together, coordinating, spending money, spreading shared talking points. The left is not, at least not yet.

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    4. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 20 Mar 2021

      The country's at an inflection point. Even as weak as our democracy is, as hard as it already is to vote, as many people as are already excluded ... the tides are turning against the right. We face a choice: renew democracy & consign the current right to trash bin of history ...

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    5. Kevin Drum‏Verified account @kdrum 20 Mar 2021
      Replying to @drvolts

      It is easier to vote today than at any time in our history.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2021
      Replying to @kdrum @drvolts

      Is the proper point of comparison USA past with present (given past includes roughly a century of Jim Crow) or is it with other wealthy democracies (in which case USA definitely inferior to almost all)?

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    7. Kevin Drum‏Verified account @kdrum 20 Mar 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @drvolts

      Past to present over the last few decades. It's clear the voter turnout has been steady and Black voter turnout is up.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2021
      Replying to @kdrum @drvolts

      Again, past to present isn't the only relevant frame. What is voting like in USA compared to comparable countries? What is voting like for Black voters compared to White ones. The fact that Black voters overcome severe hurdles to voting doesn't mean hurdles aren't there.

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        2. Kevin Drum‏Verified account @kdrum 20 Mar 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @drvolts

          I'm not arguing that there are no problems. I was responding to a tweet claiming that it's hard to vote. But in the relevant context, that just isn't true and we shouldn't say it. We should make our arguments without basing them on untruths and exaggerations.

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        3. Donald Newell‏ @donaldknewell 21 Mar 2021
          Replying to @kdrum @HeerJeet @drvolts

          You live in California. You likely did a mail-in/drop off ballot. In any case, it was easy. It isn’t easy in many places. Spending hours, up to half a day in line isn’t easy. No local polling places isn’t easy. Georgia trying to make line warming illegal tells you it’s not easy.

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