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Book Review
The Myth of Voter Suppression
Don’t get into another discussion about election integrity and voter suppression until you’ve read this book.
If you’re not concerned about election integrity in the United States, you’re not paying attention.
In The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections, Fred V. Lucas dismantles the political slogans and rhetoric to present a calm, rational picture of why we must be vigilant to keep America’s elections free, fair, and legitimate.
He addresses the difference between voter fraud and voter suppression, and notes that one has facts to support it while the other has only emotion and inflammatory but unproven claims.
To set the stage for where we are today, Lucas traces the interesting history of the American voting system and the evolution of voting rights.
For example, we didn’t always have secret ballots. In the early days of the republic, Lucas writes, elections were decided through voice voting, typically at town gatherings, where all your neighbors knew how you voted. Then there were color-coded party tickets handed out to voters to drop in ballot boxes — anyone who watched you cast…
