Attacks on the 2024 election already underway

States are now being encouraged to adopt ever more restrictive voting rules, as we have seen in places like Georgia and Texas. Those rules would work to make it easier for incumbent lawmakers to stay in power. Instead of a constitutional right to vote, we have a constitutional right for states to manage their elections the way they want, without the fear of judicial oversight.

Next, state legislatures are skewing democracy through partisan sanctions, as they map the county to ensure their faction has the best chance of winning a majority of seats. Ready, proposal report Republicans have mapped enough Congress to easily flip at least five seats and take control of the House by 2022. Democrats are not innocent on this front, as they have also proposed serious leaders. important in places like Illinois. Politicians are choosing their voters instead of vice versa. And the states are freer to get into this game knowing that the Supreme Court won’t interfere, as it ruled in 2019 Federal court doors are closed to partisan claims of illegal gerrymandering. A government-elected legislature cannot be trusted to carry out the will of the voters, which is especially dangerous if there is a dispute over the votes of the Electoral College in 2024.

Ultimately, Trump supporters believe – without any proof – that Joe Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election. run for elected positions that would allow them to control the voting and counting process. The 2020 coup attempt was unsuccessful in part because Republican election officials like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger refused to go along. Remember that Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 additional votes to allow him to win the state. Raffensperger realized Trump was asking him to overturn the will of the voters. But if a Trump supporter, such as Representative Jody Hice, who is running against Raffensperger, wins the seat, who knows if a similar request in 2024 will be denied. Some state legislatures are also allowing potential takeover of local electoral boards. The Republican Party in Wisconsin is Reportedly under review a brazen move to dissolve the bipartisan state election commission, in an attempt to give itself more power over elections. Many election officials are leaving their posts in response to a harassing behavior rooted in their work in 2020.

What can be done? First, because the Supreme Court is incapable of abruptly changing its laws to protect the right to vote, state court must step in fill the void to get rid of the worst partisan commanders and restrictive election rules. State Constitution has clear language defending the right to vote and many also say that elections should be “free and equal” or “free and open”, so state courts should use the terms that strongly. Both North Carolina and Pennsylvania The Supreme Courts invoked the state’s constitutional language to invalidate partisan domination in their states in the final round of redistricting; Other courts should now follow their lead.

In the end, Congress must pass meaningfully suffrage reform. The 2024 election should be decided by all eligible voters, not just those who have the ability to cross the various established states. Republicans should negotiate with Democrats in Congress on best practices for election management and independent redistricting. And if Republicans even refuse to come to the negotiating table, then it would be moral for Democrats to go it alone and discredit to institute democratic reform.