Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da...
by peterwwillis on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:51PM
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Mandatory voting would disproportionately punish every single vulnerable population in the country.
The elderly. Sick. Poor. Illiterate. Non-native speakers. Ethnic minorities subject to racist voter ID policies. The list goes on. All of them would be fined for having barriers put upon them.
None of that even covers people who simply can't get time off work, or from watching their kid, or who live in a rural area.
The elderly. Sick. Poor. Illiterate. Non-native speakers. Ethnic minorities subject to racist voter ID policies. The list goes on. All of them would be fined for having barriers put upon them.
None of that even covers people who simply can't get time off work, or from watching their kid, or who live in a rural area.