Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Law Journal about the importance of attorneys helping elect voter-friendly state politicians.
“The states regulate our elections, including those for president and Congress, and their legislatures impose the very restrictive procedures that we seek to address on Election Day. Thus, in addition to providing after-the-fact palliative care, attorneys should also train their efforts on thwarting voter suppression by helping to elect voter-friendly state legislatures, secretaries of state and governors. After all, it is the outcome of state races that determine how easy or difficult it is for Americans to vote.”