For all that they talk about what a show of civic character it is to vote in person, most of them react with horror at the thought of making election day a federal holiday.
As you say, it’s mainly about their preserving a situation where only privileged white people like themselves are making the decisions. It comes from the same place as those who wax rhapsodic and then bend themselves into pretzels defending the broken fixed presidential primary system: it’s really about making sure that lilly-white states like NH and Iowa (with its terrible in-person caucus, which these types also defend) have the first say and set the tone. Same goes for those who support the Electoral College in its current state or FPTP voting.
Dems like Hobbs and Ryan have no interest in changing any of those things.
