“All In: The Fight for Democracy” paints a daunting, damning — but ultimately hopeful — portrait of voter suppression throughout American history. How do the events at the Capitol earlier this month connect to voter suppression? Some of the facts you showcase are shocking: How Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist worked in voter suppression in his early Republican career. How prominent a role does the type of voter suppression the film quantifies play in other failed democracies? I do think it’s a through-line: Voter suppression is the tool leveraged most often by populist authoritarians and by dictators to hold onto power.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2021 15:17 UTC