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:
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xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year agoIf 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”.
Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 1 year ago
Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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?
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year 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.
Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 year ago
In the US the largest group of people without id's are Democrats and black.
It's literally making the system more racist.
YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
In my country:
Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 1 year ago
Where is this Shangri-la?