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> The voting system in the U.S. hasn't changed Not true at all. The minute the VRA was gutted, there were bills passed in nearly every Republican state to make
by mperham 6y ago
> The voting system in the U.S. hasn't changed
Not true at all. The minute the VRA was gutted, there were bills passed in nearly every Republican state to make it harder for PoC to vote. Look at the elections in Atlanta last month for example.
Election Day problems are hardly new to Georgia, where Republican officials have overseen voting procedures that have led to hours long lines, most recently during the 2018 governor’s contest, which Brian Kemp, a Republican who at the time was secretary of state and in charge of running the election, won by 50,000 votes over Stacey Abrams. Tuesday’s primary was also a test of the state’s preparations to hold an election during the coronavirus pandemic.
Voting is a deeply felt and politically intense issue in Georgia because of its long history of disenfranchising black voters. The governor’s race was marred by accusations of voter suppression, particularly of African-American and other minority voters, which Mr. Kemp denied.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/georgia-primary-voting-atlanta.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/georgia-prima...
Look at Florida's attempts to re-disenfranchise felons with a 21st century poll tax.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/16/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-felons-voting-florida/5442603002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/16/supr...
Look at the constant gerrymandering in every state.
We don't live in a "one person, one vote" country when half of the country consistently tries to make voting as hard as possible for the other half.
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- kergonath 6y agoYou don’t have “one person, one vote” anyway. Rural states are over-represented in the Senate and Electoral College by design, without considering gerrymandering and other disenfranchisement tactics.