Welcome to A Critical Mass of Voters
Understanding -- And Standing Up To -- The Assault on Democracy
Polls often ask where voters rank a “functioning democracy” among their other concerns for the nation, such as a strong economy or a clean environment. However, it’s not always clear how to measure how well a democracy is “functioning,” nor is it easy to understand the real-world impact of legal attacks on voting.
Welcome to A Critical Mass of Voters, a voting rights and election law newsletter without the legalese (mostly). We attempt to provide clear, accessible explanations of exactly how our elections and institutions are under attack and why those attacks matter.
Most of all, we hope to be an on-ramp for further engagement and close the gap between those who care about democracy and those who join the fight to save it.
“A critical mass of voters” is a term election lawyers use to triage election protection incidents. It distinguishes a situation that impacts a handful voters from an incident that impacts voting across an entire precinct or an entire county—a critical mass of voters—and warrants an immediate response.
This newsletter repurposes the term to emphasize the need for you, its readers, to speak out en masse against the assault on voting rights in order to preserve American democracy.
Welcome to the fight.