• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        88 million didn’t vote at all

        Sorry. I asked for a ballot with a non-genocidal name on the ticket and was told I needed to leave the building.

        Friend tried to vote, but she didn’t have a DL yet (chronic Metro rider) and her student card didn’t count as a valid Real ID.

        Mom voted in a suburb that was gerrymandered 55/45 Republican a few years earlier. She got to vote by mail because she was a senior citizen. But nobody younger than her has that privilege anymore.

        Then there was the woman who issued a provisional ballot because she was out on parole and wasn’t sure if she could legally vote again. Police arrested her for it.

        Maybe there’s a reason turnout has been falling that goes farther than “people had a case of the stupids suddenly”.

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          Sorry. I asked for a ballot with a non-genocidal name on the ticket and was told I needed to leave the building.

          Man, you showed them, trump has been great for gaza… how’s it been working out for you?

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          You were told not to vote as part of a campaign to get liberal voters to stay home. You fell for it.

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            The Democratic party was told not to run disastrously unpopular candidates, they did so anyways, then blamed the electorate for their defeat.

            Seems like you fell for it.

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          Sorry. I asked for a ballot with a non-genocidal name on the ticket and was told I needed to leave the building.

          wonder how thats working out for your ideals.