Politics

The Republican Push to Make It Harder to Vote

Laws like North Carolina's draconian new voter-ID laws are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. But voter backlash could be fierce.

By Linda Killian
"Moral Monday" protestors outside the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh. (Gerry Broome/Associated Press)

About the Author

Linda Killian is a Washington journalist and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her book The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents was published in January 2012 by St. Martin's Press.