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If you have only two choices and both are bad, you have to choose the lesser evil. The OP probably doesn’t like the racism and stuff, but they dislike certain policies of the other party even more.

Also, “trying to make it harder for people to vote” is an interesting way to say “requiring people to bring their citizen ID when voting, like in any civilized country”.

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Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I would say that the dismantling of human rights would be a greater evil than the things the democrats could cook up, but if you are not affected and have no empathy for others it could be better to vote for the republicans.

And werent the conditions to be able to vote pretty restrictive to a lot of people?

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- xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I live in a country where identification is required for voting and it doesn’t feel restrictive. On the contrary, I’m glad someone can’t just vote in my name.
  
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  - Jaytreeman@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    In the US the largest group of people without id's are Democrats and black.
    
    It's literally making the system more racist.
    
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    YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Every black person has an ID, you have to otherwise you can’t do anything anyways. I have never met anyone in my community who doesn’t have some form of ID that’s valid in elections.
    
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  - richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    In my country:
    
    We have a mandatory national ID
    
    Having it automatically registers you as a voter after 16 y.o.
    
    Voting is mandatory between 18 and 70.
    
    We vote on Sundays to ensure everyone can go.
    
    Voting in always in person. We usually use schools to that end, windows are obscured to ensure secrecy.
    
    We record who voted against the electoral registry. Only the last issued national ID is valid to vote.
    
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    Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Where is this Shangri-la?
    
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Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I'm thinking specifically of gerrymandering but this article covers the many voter disenfranchisement methods used by Republicans in the US in the past decades:

https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/09/29/stacking-the-deck-how-the-gop-works-to-suppress-minority-voting/

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