• FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately we also have a lot of jerrymandering and voter disenfranchisement going on that makes the situation worse.

    It is unfortunate. People need to stop using the D word here.

    • millie@beehaw.org
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      2 months ago

      Why would you want people to stop talking about disenfranchisement? States deciding to take the vote away from their citizens after they’ve been convicted is something we should absolutely be highlighting. You’ll even notice there’s a significant correlation between which states are consistently redder and which have greater rates of voter disenfranchisement.

      Maybe what we need is clarification about what disenfranchisement is, because it’s not just people deciding not to vote. It’s people having their ability to vote taken away.