I think this is a real challenge for any voter-education effort: Informing people about the barriers the Republicans have erected to impede voting can inadvertently persuade them that voting's a huge pain in the ass and not worth all the trouble. Like with Wisconsin's vote ID law, you've got to go through all the requirements (University…
I think this is a real challenge for any voter-education effort: Informing people about the barriers the Republicans have erected to impede voting can inadvertently persuade them that voting's a huge pain in the ass and not worth all the trouble. Like with Wisconsin's vote ID law, you've got to go through all the requirements (University of Wisconsin ID won't work, students have to ask for a separate "voting" ID instead) without being TOO discouraging.
About that voter ID law, I remember Wisco Republicans being so sure this would deliver all the elections to them, since then the Dems have won all statewide offices and Biden won the state in 2020. Voter suppression is half the story, the other half is good people working to overcome the barriers. It's always a close call which side will win, but we're not defenseless.
I think this is a real challenge for any voter-education effort: Informing people about the barriers the Republicans have erected to impede voting can inadvertently persuade them that voting's a huge pain in the ass and not worth all the trouble. Like with Wisconsin's vote ID law, you've got to go through all the requirements (University of Wisconsin ID won't work, students have to ask for a separate "voting" ID instead) without being TOO discouraging.
About that voter ID law, I remember Wisco Republicans being so sure this would deliver all the elections to them, since then the Dems have won all statewide offices and Biden won the state in 2020. Voter suppression is half the story, the other half is good people working to overcome the barriers. It's always a close call which side will win, but we're not defenseless.