The problem with midterm elections for Democrats:

[scarletwoman]

26. Yes, absolutely!

Year after year I watch some States actively suppress the vote, and yet I do not hear Democratic officials or voters take up voter access as an issue in advance of elections.

Yes, voter access very much ought to be an issue. I don't know, I suppose some of it is inertia - we've always done it this way, and it's good enough. Why Democratic politians won't push it - when it could make their re-elections more secure - is something of a mystery.

It would seem that it will have to be the voters who do the pushing - and yet, those who do not feel particularly disenfranchised by their current voting system may not think of it as urgent issue, and those who already feel disenfranchised may be too far past feeling engaged enough in their governance to bother.

Thanks for bringing this up.