• @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    32 years ago

    No one wants to spit in their faces. It’s just their responsibility to get out the votes.

    Lots of liberal people in the South don’t vote, and then they wonder why they lose. Local government has one of the biggest effects on people’s lives and many people ignore it.

    • @Phegan@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      Lots of liberals in the south have had their vote suppressed so badly it’s nearly impossible for them to vote. Long lines, and no time off for the working class forces people to not vote.

        • @Phegan@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          Except states that purge voter roles without notifying people, and when they show up to vote, they can’t. I’d say that’s the state making it impossible for them to vote.

          Also early voting doesn’t mean easy voting. Many of those states only allow early voting one day a week at a single location serving a large population which still incurs large lines which take a long day which they need to take off from work.

          Not actually calling out the intentional movement to reduce the ability for many people to vote is a much larger insult to the Vote Rights Act, not the Civil Rights Movement. It’s also pretending that everything is fine without actually understanding the underlying problems with the system.