Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines

Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by alphakappa on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:18AM (#30957069)

Perhaps there’s a difference between a country that hasn’t implemented mail-in voting yet, and a country that has had it, people using it, and now has efforts to take it away.

Also, before dismissing the racism concerns around voter ID laws, it would be instructive to look at why this is so. The history of the US is steeped in race, and the concerns cannot be dismissed without understanding history.

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Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by mardifoufs on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:40PM (#30959362)

10% of France's population is Muslim and usually comes from regions that were under direct and brutal French rule not even half a century ago. The Algerian war of independence killed 100 000's of Algerians. There are huge racial ssues in france, it's just that they are swept under the rug or blamed on the minorities themselves.

If the US had a similar policy/attitude towards minorities & the historic prejudice they face, you probably wouldnt even have a debate around the racial implications of voting laws. The minority is expected to step up and do the effort even if it's unfair.

It is interesting that you said that history cannot be dismissed right after you basically dismissed the historical implications of French policies because... it's just the past and what happened before doesn't really matter?

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Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by gfodor on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:46AM (#30957553)

What about dismissing them after we understand history? Or is the idea we just simply can’t do something once people decide it is (often vaguely) refuted by history?

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