Claims of voter suppression in newly enacted state laws don't all hold up under closer review
- Written by Derek T. Muller, Bouma Fellow in Law & Professor of Law, University of Iowa
Activists at a voting rights rally near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 3, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAs states across the U.S. enact new laws relating to elections, there have been efforts to capture, in aggregate, the effects of those laws. Reports, found in both journalism and advocacy group statements, that new election laws will...