Jamil SmithVerified account

@JamilSmith raising awareness about obstacles to voting everywhere—while acknowledging differing degrees of onerousness—seems good.

@JamilSmith and not counter-productive to goal of raising public awareness & concern about the most serious cases of voter suppression.

@samadlerbell But that isn’t what many people are doing. I see many complaints of voter suppression, or conspiracy. Falsehoods don’t help.

@JamilSmith it's annoying to me, because it's not true. but I don't actually think it has a particularly insidious impact.

@SamAdlerBell says the white guy who's never actually had his vote suppressed.

@RayPegPhoto what? voting should be super duper easy is my position

@SamAdlerBell but you said falsehoods have no impact on actual suppression and I disagree

@JamilSmith uh "annoying deadlines" are one of the key features of voter suppression laws passed all over the country

.@JamilSmith By that logic, how is voter ID any more of a simple "annoyance" than dealing with an absurdly early registration deadline?

@JamilSmith I guess, because this helps HRC, you're fine with it.

.@JamilSmith You had to be registered in the party you planned to vote in before the first debate was even held. Makes sense.

.@JamilSmith Suppression is suppression, Jamil. Even when it happens to help the candidate you're likely hoping to score a job with.

@goodbyethirdway @JamilSmith How about registered Dems whose affiliation has been changed by the system or whatever Being disenfranchised

@JamilSmith @AdamSmith_USA NY is suppressing independent's votes. TN is suppressing the young, poor, and black vote. It's all bad.

.@noahnord98 You can't compare POC or low income workers being targeted by voter ID laws to people who didn't google registration deadlines…

@AdamSmith_USA how were independents supposed to know which primary they were going to vote in 4 months ago?

.@noahnord98 I have a strange feeling that if you are supporting Bernie, you wouldn't have been supporting a Republican candidate...