Current Events > There was a youtube ad about conservatives trying to limit voting

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Yep.

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i keep getting Dan Crenshaw ads for summerof1776 which is annoying

adblocker is your friend

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on ps4 and phone no ad blocker

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Yes, they're trying to limit voting to people who can legally vote.

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TerraSeeker posted...

Yes, they're trying to limit voting to people who can legally vote.

and if hundreds of thousands of minorities get fucked over because of it then its a win-win for the GQP

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Reducing voting hours protects democracy. Somehow.

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TerraSeeker posted...

Yes, they're trying to limit voting to people who can legally vote.

No they are trying to make sure only white Christian conservatives can legally vote

TerraSeeker posted...

Yes, they're trying to limit voting to people who can legally vote.

No, they're taking measures to limit voting and more than 99.99% of affected people will be legitimate voters.

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littlebro07 posted...

and if hundreds of thousands of minorities get fucked over because of it then its a win-win for the GQP

Do minorities not have driver's licenses or other forms of id? I don't know anyone who doesn't.

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TerraSeeker posted...

Yes, they're trying to limit voting to people who can legally vote.

oh really so far the only fraud found from the 2020 election cycle was republicans voting twice guess they should stop allowing republicans to cheat eh

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TerraSeeker posted...

Do minorities not have driver's licenses or other forms of id? I don't know anyone who doesn't.

They are disproportionately likely to not have the types of ID Republican voter ID laws have chosen to prioritize.

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TerraSeeker posted...

Do minorities not have driver's licenses or other forms of id? I don't know anyone who doesn't.

https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet

• Millions of Americans Lack ID. 11% of U.S. citizens or more than 21 million Americans do not have government-issued photo identification.1
• Obtaining ID Costs Money. Even if ID is offered for free, voters must incur numerous costs (such as paying for birth certificates) to apply for a government-issued ID.
• Underlying documents required to obtain ID cost money, a significant expense for lower-income Americans. The combined cost of document fees, travel expenses and waiting time are estimated to range from $75 to $175.2
• The travel required is often a major burden on people with disabilities, the elderly, or those in rural areas without access to a car or public transportation. In Texas, some people in rural areas must travel approximately 170 miles to reach the nearest ID office.3
• Voter ID Laws Reduce Voter Turnout. A 2014 GAO study found that strict photo ID laws reduce turnout by 2-3 percentage points,4 which can translate into tens of thousands of votes lost in a single state.

• Minority voters disproportionately lack ID. Nationally, up to 25% of African-American citizens of voting age lack government-issued photo ID, compared to only 8% of whites.6
• States exclude forms of ID in a discriminatory manner. Texas allows concealed weapons permits for voting, but does not accept student ID cards. Until its voter ID law was struck down, North Carolina prohibited public assistance IDs and state employee ID cards, which are disproportionately held by Black voters. And until recently, Wisconsin permitted active duty military ID cards, but prohibited Veterans Affairs ID cards for voting.
• Voter ID laws are enforced in a discriminatory manner. A Caltech/MIT study found that minority voters are more frequently questioned about ID than are white voters.7
• Voter ID laws reduce turnout among minority voters. Several studies, including a 2014 GAO study, have found that photo ID laws have a particularly depressive effect on turnout among racial minorities and other vulnerable groups, worsening the participation gap between voters of color and whites.8

so these laws the GQP keeps passing are fucking over minorities, poor people, disabled people, veterans, and any combination of the above.

And they dont care because they know less votes = theyre more likely to win.

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I keep getting sports betting ads. I hate to take revenue away from people, but it makes me want to get an ad-blocker.

Why is it illegal to have commercials for cigarettes, but legal to have commercials encouraging people to throw their money away on hopeless bets? Robbing people isn't any more ethical than promoting carcinogous habits.