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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
One of the real silver linings of this is that it's now going to be much more mail in and early voting across the US.
Having elections on a workday that isn't a holiday always played into the hands of the slave states - the impoverished can't take the time off work to vote.
With states like California mailing ballots to every registered voter, the approach is going to spread throughout the US. Republicans know that the more votes that get cast, the less likely it is that the GOP can win (see Georgia and Stacy Abrams).
Now that early voting is going to be a norm, it's going to be harder and hard for Republicans to ignore and openly suppress the will of the American people (Background checks for guns, support of abortion rights, civil protections for refugees).
It's a bright day.
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Biden needs to make it a priority to beef up security around mail-in voting. Not that it needs it, but to remove any shred of doubt. If mail-in becomes the norm that’s a huge boost to the Democrats and democracy in general.
Somehow I don’t think McConnell will support that though....