• Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    Hey now, some voters are also oppressed by the US’s non-compulsory voting system. Some voters have to choose voting or makijg a paycheck. Some voters can’t vote because their work/school lets out after the polls close.

    Bottom line is that Republicans (and sometimes Democrats) have gone out of their way to making voting in certain parts of the country difficult. Make it more convenient, or compulsory, and we’ll see more representation than we do today.

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      17 days ago

      voter-id laws mean you sometimes have to drive hours and wait months to get an id just to vote also. Weirdly enough these voter-id laws disproportionately affect the poor and minorities. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence though.