In order of crazy: 1. Gerrymandering 2. Voter ID laws, etc. 3. Voter roll purges 4. Election tampering 5. Cancellation of elections 6. Coup
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Replying to @MrsChilerick @Noahpinion
Because those things you're talking about aren't constitutionally guaranteed rights necessary to the functioning of democracy.
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Replying to @MrsChilerick @Noahpinion
Right that's my point. You need an ID to get a car or a beer, because those aren't federally protected rights. Voting IS such a right.
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Also you know, disproportionate impact on poor people/minorities. This is the latest study I know of: http://pages.ucsd.edu/~zhajnal/page5/documents/voterIDhajnaletal.pdf …
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Replying to @MrsChilerick @Noahpinion
Capable? Absolutely. But poor people & ppl in segregated neighborhoods face greater barriers to getting that ID and have less reason...
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To have the ID already. It's not about capability, it's about a disproportionate impact on one group vs. another.
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Again, nothing to do with capacity, all to do with disproportionate impact.
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