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ProfessorPlum

(11,461 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 05:29 PM Oct 2018

When (if) the Democrats ever get the power to pass legislation again and have it become law [View all]

They need to create new crimes for voter suppression. Like, if a government official takes an action that denies more than 100 legitimate voters their ability to vote, that official goes to jail.

no more voting roll purges

no more shutting down polling places in minority districts

no more demanding ID to vote

no more flyers that have the wrong date for election day

etc.

let's get serious about protecting the right to vote - and put some criminal penalties and teeth behind punishments for trying to screw people out of the franchise. Right now, GOP dirty tricksters disenfranchise voters by the thousands, and Democrats seem to just take it and hope that turnout wins elections anyway.

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