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   Idealistic Pragmatist :mstdn: (ipedmonton@mstdn.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 00:32:37 JST Idealistic Pragmatist :mstdn:

   • Michael Markman
   • Les Orchard
   • mekka okereke :verified:
   • David Gorski, MD, PhD
   • sidereal
   • Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈

   @lmorchard @gorskon @realtegan @sidereal @mekkaokereke @mickeleh

   Mail-in voting is great! It is, however, possible to set up in-person voting in a way that never requires anyone to stand in a line, though. I’ve never stood in a line since my immigration to Canada, also from Michigan (and I’ve voted at both busy and non-busy times). It’s plenty civilised here. The US just chooses not to set it up like that.

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 00:32:34 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Michael Markman
     • Javier Lázaro Sanz
     • Matt McIrvin

     @javierlazarosanz @mattmcirvin @IPEdmonton @mickeleh

     It's not just that it "seems" intentional.

     The GOP is open that this is their intent. In this North Carolina case:

     * They requested demographic data on how different races vote, and where
     * They then crafted changes that would disproportionately target Black voters, based on that data
     * The new rules target Black voters with "almost surgical precision."

     https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/court-north-carolina-voter-id-law-targeted-black-voters/

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     Javier Lázaro Sanz (javierlazarosanz@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 00:32:35 JST Javier Lázaro Sanz

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     • Michael Markman
     • mekka okereke :verified:
     • Matt McIrvin

     @mattmcirvin @IPEdmonton @mekkaokereke @mickeleh I'm not from the US so maybe I'm missing something. However, the math doesn't seem that hard: if you have long lines, maybe more voting places for the same population would solve the problem? Those places don't have very specific requirementes and only need to be dedicated to voting once in a while, so I don't think the availability of possible spaces should be a big problem. So yeah, it does seem intentional.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Matt McIrvin (mattmcirvin@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 00:32:36 JST Matt McIrvin

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     • Michael Markman
     • mekka okereke :verified:

     @IPEdmonton @mekkaokereke @mickeleh

     We do, in some places. I have never had to stand in a significant line when voting in person in my small Massachusetts city. The places where it is chronic seem to be minority urban neighborhoods in places with hostile state governments. It's hard not to think that it is intentional vote suppression.