American Democracy At Risk According To Scholars Who Study….Democracy.
Scholars of Democracy are giving America a dire warning that our system of governing is at risk. (Huffpost.com)
“In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s election loss and subsequent lies about the integrity of the voting process, Republican state lawmakers across the country have introduced legislation that would make it harder for people to vote, citing concerns about election security. At least 14 states have enacted 22 laws this year that do so, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
The scholars said arguments made by GOP-controlled state legislatures to curtail voting methods predominantly useful to Democratic-leaning constituencies were reminiscent of those used across the Jim Crow South as reasons for restricting the Black vote.”
Voter participation is the most fundamental foundation of our Democracy and ensures that the will of the people is the foundation of our laws and rules that govern society. Forces at work want only certain people afforded an opportunity to voice their cares and concerns at the ballot box which essentially gives them power over their fellow citizens. The efforts to limit voter participation are an affront to our very democracy and have to be stopped in their tracks or large segments of the population will feel disenfranchised and disconnected from a society they are not allowed to help shape.
