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Courts found that the North Carolina voter ID laws were designed to be discriminatory[1]. Same in Texas[2]. So it's definitely true in at least two cases that v
by cyphar 7y ago
Courts found that the North Carolina voter ID laws were designed to be discriminatory[1]. Same in Texas[2]. So it's definitely true in at least two cases that voter ID laws were provably designed for voter suppression.
[1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/north-carolinas-voter-id-law-supreme-court-cert/526713/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/north-c...
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/texas-voter-id-law-voting-rights-act-federal-court-decision https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/texas-voter-...
- LargeWu 7y agoNot only provably, but explicitly. Voter suppression was the primary intent.
- cyphar 7y agoSomething being provably true is a higher bar than it being explicitly stated (because an explicit statement isn't enough to prove something to be true). I agree that voter suppression was the primary intent, but the legislation wasn't called "The Illegal Voter Suppression Act 2013".