|
Long before the 2020 election, Christian right leaders such as Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell were promoting legislation to limit voter access, insisting that voting must be controlled to prevent the “wrong people” from determining the outcome. Now the cause has been reframed as “election integrity” to crack down on so-called voter fraud.
Americans United has been reporting how Christian nationalist organizations are working with their allies to erect barriers to voting. A prime example is the Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021 (also known as SB1) enacted by the Texas legislature. Its passage was celebrated by religious conservatives, including a Texas state elected official who called it “a good paradigm for other states to follow”--an ominous threat to the future of our country.
| 
