The Freedom to Vote Act could dramatically change U.S. elections, from expanding early voting and voter registration to reforming campaign finance and tackling gerrymandering. But is it a necessary step to protect voting rights, or does it give too much power to the federal government? This article breaks down the key provisions and the heated debate surrounding the bill. What do you think? https://ace-usa.org/blog/research/research-votingrights/freedom-to-vote-act-pros-cons-and-impact-on-u-s-elections/
The policy seems like a net win, and the downsides seem like they could be addressed.
Interesting to hear early voting decreases voter turnout, I’ll have to go look into that and see if there wasa a hypothesis as to why. That seems really odd to me
I’d speculate that “today isn’t a good day for me to vote” is simply an uncommon reason for people not voting. Probably more common are things like:
Doesn’t early voting make the line shorter and give you more flexibility in polling location? (I don’t actually know, I’ve not voted early before)