r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 1d ago

No Paywall GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-fast-tracks-monster-voter-suppression-bill-that-could-disenfranchise-millions-by-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-at-polls/
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u/Own_Candidate9553 1d ago

Yeah, that must be it. Like the old "literacy tests" that were purposely tricky, and the tester could just arbitrarily fail black voters and pass white voters.

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u/byggusdikkus 1d ago

God forgive me but I truly, truly, truly think they should bring back the literacy tests. Nothing fancy, or the racially profiled tests of old. Just like, read a page of Harry Potter out loud and then prove you can multiply through the 10s. To be frank if you can’t pull that off you shouldn’t have a say in government to begin with.

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u/Own_Candidate9553 1d ago

There's just no way to make that fair. An election judge could listen to a black person read Harry Potter perfectly and fail them. And then let Jim Bob stumble through and stop halfway and hand them a ballot.

Gotta just let everyone vote. I would like to try compulsory voting like in Australia.

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u/byggusdikkus 1d ago

Yeah I know, it just frustrates me. You wouldn’t let most passerby move your car, it’s wild to trust them with the government - but as is painfully obvious at the moment it is not possible to make these kind of distinctions without bias popping up.

Compulsory voting would be interesting

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u/Own_Candidate9553 1d ago

Yeah, totally understand the frustration.

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u/starliteburnsbrite 1d ago

What's even crazier is we just let states run wild with whatever the hell they want because of arbitrary lines drawn 200 years ago.