Outside the Beltway

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

The Lone Star State has enacted some peculiar new laws.

An interesting podcast conversation.

A completely unsurprising 6-3 decision.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A special session looms. (And how this is not like the filibuster in the US Senate).

Let’s call it what it is.

It’s not just Red states that put up too many barriers.

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

Georgia Public Broadcasting provides a useful list of provisions.

It makes voting harder.

The fixes worsen the stated problem (more on Iowa and other states’ attempts to restrict voting).

Making it harder to vote in Iowa.

HR1 is a national approach to expanding voter access. State legislatures are trying to both expand and restrict the vote as well.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

A surprisingly uneventful experience.

When early voting meets tragedy.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Joe Biden’s chances remain extraordinarily good.