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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Did you not see the furor over the Texas governor reducing the number of polling stations before voting day? It just so happens that the most affected areas were minority populations, I'm sure that was just a coincidence though
Also take a look at voter ID regulations that the Republicans have been pushing hard for years now, which make it more difficult to vote in poorer areas which are again mostly minority populations. That's not even taking into account taking time off to actually vote, easy to do as a white collar worker, but vastly more difficult if you're juggling multiple minimum wage jobs that won't give you time off to go vote
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It's exactly this.
They aren't saying "you're Black/Latinx/Minority therefore you can't vote, or that there are extra steps or surpression of the vote because you're Black/Latinx/Minority".
They're looking at things that minorities have in common that white people don't and then putting up roadblocks under the guise of "voter fraud".
So white people stand back and say "well that doesn't really affect me, who doesn't have a photo ID? Who can't drive across town to drop off a ballot in the only ballot box in the city? I mean if it prevents fraud that's a small step to take." Meanwhile minorities are less likely to have photo ID, they're more reliant on public transportation, which in turn takes longer, which in turn may cause them to miss a shift at work, therefore they don't vote early. Then the question becomes will they be able to on eleciton day itself? They might not if it's a hassle to get to the voting station, they have to wait in a long line, and just worked a long shift.
Imagine if Habs, Leafs, Jets, and Canucks fans could vote any time during the month prior to a federal election on their phones, but Flames and Oilers fans had to drive to Red Deer to drop off a paper ballot while wearing a current team jersey if they wanted to vote early. Yes, you still can vote early, but it's effectively surpressing Albertans' votes without actually outright stating that Albertans are being targeted (because in theory it's also affecting people like me).