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We do not have a democracy

• conorcleary 7mo ago
  We do here.
• mvkel 7mo ago
  Voter ID disproportionally disenfranchises black voters, Latino voters, the elderly, low-income, students, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities, just to name a few. There is no perfect system; the goal is to have the best imperfect system. Voter ID means net fewer voices heard, which is an erosion of democracy.
  • silexia 7mo ago
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    • mvkel 7mo ago
      I didn't say that. It's nevertheless a fact that when the state requires specific forms of ID, the costs and friction of getting those documents can hit some populations harder than others
• k310 7mo ago
  "Voter ID" is Jim Crow with a fancy name. Anything that gives officials a lever to reject voters can and will be abused to limit voter participation. Voter suppression was documented in the case of Cambridge Analytica and is a major tool of the oligarchs. Wilhoit's law. [0] > “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” [0] https://pylimitics.net/wilhoits-law/ https://pylimitics.net/wilhoits-law/
  • silexia 7mo ago
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