The record voter turnout for 2020 was historic because a majority of the population voted.
That's a reason to celebrate our democratic foundation - the right to vote - is standing strong.
It withstood the efforts of Trump and the Republican Party who tried to subvert voter turnout last year.
Everyone knows the reason why.
The Republican Party is a minority party in terms of followers nationally. There's a hell of lot more Democrats and Independents from coast- to-coast.
To counter that reality Republicans have to cheat and obstruct justice to attain their election goals.
Since the 2020 election, GOP dominated state legislatures have been busy trying to restrict voting rights ahead of the 2022 elections.
They're considering increasing voter ID requirements, tightening no excuse-vote-by-mail, and banning ballot drop boxes, among other insidious way to disenfranchise minorities who tend to vote for democrats.
I submit that this is a stupid approach because it's already backfired on them in 2020. Democratic voters were enraged when they saw the GOP's efforts to cancel their votes.
That was just one of the reasons Joe Biden won by over 7 million votes. The other is Democrats have learned to fight back and marshal their outreach resources to counter the GOP's assault on our democracy.
As long as there's GOP dominated legislatures, especially in the swing states, the right to vote is going to be limited by restrictions specifically designed to disenfranchise non-Republican voters.
Voting is a right in America, no matter what Republicans think.
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