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Easier Voting Probably Doesn’t Make Much Difference
The same also might be true of making it harder to vote.
This wasn’t necessary.
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We often believe that efforts to limit or increase access to voting helps one political party more than the other. But that’s not always the case.
Earlier this month, in an outcome that surprised many, a liberal judge defeated a conservative, Trump-backed incumbent in a race for Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court. The election itself was the subject of a lot of attention because Republican lawmakers fought hard to block proposed changes to the voting schedule and process because of the coronavirus.