The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has several subcommittees. The subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights will hold hearings in early September on “New State Voting Laws – Barriers to the Ballot?” The subcommittee has already chosen witnesses, and they appear to be individuals who will talk about state laws that require voters to show a photo ID in order to vote at the polls.
The subcommittee’s chair is Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois). Other Democrats on the subcommittee are Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Al Franken of Minnesota, Christopher Coons of Delaware, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Republican members of the subcommittee are Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Jon Kyl of Arizona, John Cornyn of Texas, Michael Lee of Utah, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
Could be citizens access to the ballot as candidates that is the bigger problem than citizens access as voters? Nah, that’s irrelevant to free, fair and open elections; it all about the supply of voters and not demand for candidates. Capital B, capital S., it’s not.