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In reply to the discussion: I'm really annoyed that someone people have JUST discovered the consequence of gutting the VRA [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)They seem to think that no one has been talking about this or doing anything, and that the DNC is somehow behind it all and can make it go away with a wave of a magic wand.
This issue affects all poor people, young people, old people and basically anyone who moves around a bunch and/or does not drive. They didn't pay attention because they did not care and did not think it really affected them. Now they finally noticed, they are running around with hair on fire accusing many of the same people who have been working for years against this mess of somehow being complicit in a conspiracy agains Bernie Sanders.
If Bernie Sanders had ever ventured out of Vermont and actually gave a shit about Democratic voters, he would have been up on this issue ages ago.
Two other things that should be noted. These laws ALSO depresse turnout of groups Clinton typically dominates, so I don't see how this got puffed into a conspiracy agains Bernie. And in was low turnout in midterms that also contributed to the problem. If the GOP doesn't win statehouses, they can't make stupid, discriminatory laws to depress Democratic voter turnout. So progressive people need to vote EVERY YEAR to avoid this type of thing in the future. That seems easy to understand, but I am having much difficulty getting that point across.