{"id":4525,"date":"2021-06-01T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:45:31","slug":"election-reform-and-the-political-right-a-qa-with-rich-lowry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/election-reform-and-the-political-right-a-qa-with-rich-lowry\/","title":{"rendered":"Election reform and the political right: A Q&#038;A with Rich Lowry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"284\" data-attachment-id=\"4514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/georgias-election-law-and-voter-suppression-a-qa-with-ilya-shapiro\/kosar-election-series-banner-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,284\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-300x83.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major media narrative stipulates that the political right has gone mad and is ruthlessly proceeding to change state election laws to suppress Democratic voters \u2014 with Georgia being a prime example. This characterization is grotesque, as is plain to anyone who bothers to look at the new election laws in Georgia and Florida. Yet, the politics surrounding elections has been exceedingly toxic, and the political right has its share of cranks who have pushed bizarre theories of election theft&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/politics-and-public-opinion\/election-reform-and-the-political-right-a-qa-with-rich-lowry\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major media narrative stipulates that the political right has gone mad and is ruthlessly proceeding to change state election laws to suppress Democratic voters \u2014 with Georgia being a prime example. This characterization is grotesque, as is plain to anyone who bothers to look at the new election laws in Georgia and Florida. 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