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In reply to the discussion: After all that has transpired in Ferguson, will residents vote? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)The problem, as you will find out if you research this is enforcement. Also, many people of the underclass do not work enough hours at a specific job to force one particula employer to give that time off over the other. employer. It could be half a shift. And this is not paid either. (Most states it is two hours).
Care to ask people who are not making it if they can afford to lose $14.50 in a day? I know the answer, I have asked. In San Diego it is 20 dollars round numbers. I used the Federal minimum for MO.
Why Oregon's system of mail in ballots would take care of a lot of these structural issues. What are the odds most states will go there? There are reasons for that, and none are nice.
From my comfortable middle class perch not voting is not something I consider, even if I believe it is not going to make a difference. To people in the underclass, assuming they can even vote, it's a luxury.
Oh and NPR just reported a second AA member of city council for sure. This means a higher than the average dismal turnout numbers for Ferguson, MO.