Democracy should be attainable, accessible and habit-forming

Parents who want to keep their kids away from candy quickly learn to hide the sugary sweets high on a shelf or tucked away in the back of a cabinet.

It’s common sense that if you make something harder to access, fewer people are going to access it.

There are plenty of good reasons to prevent toddlers from eating their weight in gummy worms. 

There are no good reasons to prevent people from exercising their ability to vote.

And yet we continue to see more attempts—both nationally and here in Indiana—to chip away at the rights of lawfully eligible citizens to cast ballots for their preferred candidates.