Hear us out: The richest person in the world should not be allowed to dump hundreds of millions to affect the midterm elections. This is not a radical idea. We need campaign finance reform.

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It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

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And as I show in a paper under review (which I hope is the makings of a book), voting-related burdens that steer people to longer Election Day lines that further widen the health and disability divides in political participation and, in turn, representation and policy responsiveness.

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We should absolutely foster high turnout elections. But if we don’t also build capacity and inclusivity in election administration, burden will make it difficult to exercise a constitutional right, or may even prevent the exercise of that right. Broadening mail voting and early voting is imperative.

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This is the exact point that I made on a voting rights panel at Pitt Law today. Some see long lines to vote that wrap around several blocks and say “this is what democracy looks like.” But a healthy democracy wouldn’t create stringent election rules that fuel a time tax and other burdens to vote.

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