Voter Suppression, Harvard-Style
Harry Lewis Blog: Bits and Pieces
Former Dean of Harvard College and Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harry Lewis, along with Bill Gasarch, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland at College Park, co-author a blog post walking readers through the laborious and labyrinthian process of attempting to nominate Harvey Silverglate for the Harvard Board of Overseers. As Lewis explains, “This is an account of Bill’s trip through the resulting electronic purgatory.”
They also raise the larger question of why? “When election officials want to suppress the vote somewhere, they under-resource the voting process, forcing voters to cross town and wait in long lines. What happened to Bill is so comical that it is hard to imagine that the specifics were intentional. On the other hand, under-resourcing the petitioning process, allowing it to be so defective, misinformed, and hard to use that many people won’t exercise their franchise—isn’t that a form of voter suppression?”
Related:
Harvard Alumni: Sign Harvey Silverglate's petition to get on the ballot for the Overseers (Harry Lewis Blog, 11/3/22)
Harvard Alum Harvey Silverglate Launches Petition for Board of Overseers Candidacy
Harvard Alum Silverglate: Bloated College Administration Makes College Unaffordable (Quillette, 11/2/22)
