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[quote=Anonymous]To all of you who have responded to OP’s original question, you have done an excellent job showing me why the legislation is needed. Here’s the thing, instead of spending time on DCUM arguing with some of the posters who aren’t persuadable for whatever reason, shouldn’t we be spending our time doing whatever we can to stop the Republicans from succeeding in suppressing votes?

The way I look at it the Constitution guarantees the right to vote. To me it’s like your vote is a bank deposit that you own.  Voter suppresion laws are like someone coming and taking or stealing your deposit before you could put it or invest it in the bank.  If you think that is wrong, what are you doing—actually doing—to try to make sure those people can get to the bank and make their deposit. Arguing on DCUM, twitter, Facebook, etc. doesn’t count.  If you live in DC, you are already suppressed and disenfranchised on the Federal level. What are you doing to help someone make it in to the voting booth or the clerk’s often with their ballot?  The Republicans want us to keep talking because as long as we do that, we won’t be focused on getting over, under, around, or through every obstacle they put in voters paths.

I’ll say one more thing—while Republicans and the Dixiecrats they welcomed into their party have long used voter suppression tactics to keep nonwhite people from voting, they have also used the same tactics to keep poor or working class white people from voting, white students from voting, etc.  You want to win some Republicans to your side?  Stop arguing with the affluent Republican haves.  They want you to help them cover up that they use race to distract working class and poorer white “have nots” from seeing that the haves are why they are struggling and not all people the haves are pointing to. 
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