Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline

  • Vyvanse@lemm.ee
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    I don’t understand it either. What’s the purpose of making voting so difficult? Is it to keep the less fortunate and less abled from being able to have a voice in elections?

    I’m in the US but my state does mail-in voting by default, so you get plenty of time to research and make your vote choices from the comfort of your own home. We also have automatic voter registration through our department of motor vehicles. I think either a system like your country has or my state has should be the standard across the US, but unfortunately it’s not.

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      Voter disenfranchisement is a powerful weapon of the Republican party. It’s one of the key reasons why much of the south is the way it is despite attempts otherwise to address it.

    • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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      The mistake you’re making here is assuming that the Christofascists are acting in good faith. They’re not, and never have been. The entire point is to keep the “wrong” sort (read: anyone who isn’t one of them) from standing in the way of imposing their tyranny on everyone else.