2022 is a midterm election year, so the topic of voting rights is once again front and center. House Democrats are pushing a bill that would give the Federal government near-total control over elections. Under the Constitution, election law is prescribed to the State Legislatures. But I’m not here to talk about the constitutionality of the bill itself, I want to talk about democracy. Criticism of nearly any legislation today equates with “an attack on democracy!” The official slogan of the Washington Post is “democracy dies in darkness.” But what exactly is democracy?
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