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"If the purges [of potential voters], challenges and ballot rejections were random, it wouldn’t matter. It’s anything but random. For example, an audit by the State of Washington found that a Black voter was 400% more likely than a white voter to have their mail-in ballot rejected. Rejection of Black in-person votes, according to a US Civil Rights Commission study in Florida, ran 14.3% or one in seven ballots cast."

"[...] Democracy can win* despite the 2.3% suppression headwind.

And that’s our job as Americans: to end the purges, the vigilante challenges, the ballot rejections and the attitude that this is all somehow OK."

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's harder than it should be

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Harder than going to the place that gives them out and asking for one? I'm not going to hold your hand

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is, I've done it many times

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am very happy it has been easy for you. From what I have read that is not the case for many

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have, in my country, where it's relatively easy, but since I know this question is coming. Here is a source for you.

https://www.voteriders.org/impact-of-id-barriers/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you're spouting propaganda you've heard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You sure proved your point. If only you weren't spouting propaganda that you heard! I guess we're at an impass now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm going off real experiences

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds very "flat earth" of you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

By getting my own ID instead of regurgitating progressive flat earth lies from another country?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No going off your experience, sample size of one, while ignoring evidence ( that many people stuggle to get ID, with evidence) that points to the contrary of your personal experience( that you had an easy time * iT lOoKs FlAt*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not going off a sample of 1. In all my life I've never heard anyone say it was hard to get an id

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All my life I've never met a starving African child, so I guess they aren't starving.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Faux news as a source. You keep bringing up bangers good for you! I hope you're being paid for this lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Your source was a progressive think tank. Mine was the people you're calling victims

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your "source" was a small selection of cherry picked sound bites lol. Very good source hahaha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At least it's a real source. Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol mine is literally talking to real people in Harlem

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/U4mZJZorCUQ?si=fGN3zO9_lE79Zoaf

All trump supporters are equally stupid. I have footage of here of real people outside a trump rally. Just as valid and legit as yours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow great ad hominem, really got me on voter ID there. I concede

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I never said you were a trump supporter. Not an ad hominem, I was just showcasing an example of why your "source" isn't a source. Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The source is people who live in Harlem, not Trump supporters

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The source is fox "news" cherry picking sound bites, much like my source is cherry picking sound bites. Ergo you don't have a factual trustworthy source, you have opinion pieces. Try again or don't I don't care lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People's real world experience: "sound bite"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes! Glad you've finally caught on!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are you white? Are you not living in poverty?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So that's a yes to both.

Cute, though, that you're trying to pretend that no one can tell what color your skin is and unable to tell whether or not you are wearing tattered old clothes. That's a level of white privilege I rarely encounter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Idk what that means, as if it has anything to do with privilege. Seems pretty racist tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I am sure it would seem pretty racist to someone who doesn't bother looking at any of the links in this thread about how black people and poor people are often unable to get IDs. But your victimhood is noted.