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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 82 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Did not vote includes a significant number of disenfranchised people who were denied the ability to vote through having the right to vote taken from them, voting suppression barriers such as lines that were 8+ hours long, removal from voter registries, bullshit ID requirements, and other malicious actions.

[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago
[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago

I remember when I tried to vote from abroad while living in Fiji and my mail ballot arrived after the election šŸ˜‚

[-] 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

And the same people claiming to be victims of voter fraud are the ones perpetrating the election fraud.

Before the 2000 presidential election, Floridaā€™s legislature ordered the removal of deceased registrants, and citizens with felony convictions from rolls ā€“ Florida imposesĀ a lifetime voting ban on ex-felons. But it was later reported that at leastĀ 1,100 legitimate voters were mistakenly removedĀ from the rolls, according toĀ The New York Times, while someĀ reports project thousands moreĀ  legitimate voters than that number were prevented from casting a ballot. It is the 2000 election in which President George W. Bush won by a 537-vote margin in Florida.

The actual stolen election.

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

People don't understand that high numbers of people not voting is a symptom of a problem, not a problem itself.

It's such a good metric to have and unless you're a fan of authoritarian governments then I don't see why you would want mandatory voting. "Everything is fine in our country. Look at all of this engagement in our elections that we forced." That's what you sound like if you full on back mandatory voting.

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