This really interesting opinion in the Washington Post by election law expert Richard L. Hasen is causing a big stir in election reform circles. Hasen is widely respected and is calling here for a rethink on the Democratic election reform proposals. Here is an excerpt:

Are Democrats in Congress and their good government allies going to blow it again on voting rights? It sure looks like they could — by portraying the 791-page For the People Act, or H.R. 1, as the only hope to save American democracy from a new wave of Republican voter suppression.

This mammoth bill has little chance of being enacted. But a more pinpointed law, including one restoring a key part of the Voting Rights Act, could make it out of the Senate to guarantee voting rights protections for all in the 2022 and 2024 elections.

Read the full article here.