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[–] 116 points 3 days ago* (4 children)

Turning? There was never enough fraud to justify any effort, less you consider gerrymandering and unfair polling practices, or other efforts to limit voting rights or fair outcomes.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)
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    Nah that's the system working as designed.

    It's just designed in a shitty way, and instead of doing something productive like, oh, I dunno, fucking governing...the Republicans have been chipping away at rights in a very strategic and legal way, in order to see the final payout of the Southern Strategy: Unitary Executive Theory (or, in non-legal speak, dictatorship).

    This all seems very familiar. Perhaps this isn't the first time someone cemented their power legally, by changing the laws to their suiting?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago*

    It’s just designed in a shitty way

    No, it really isn't. Aside from the whole first-past-the-post thing, the process of physically voting itself was close to perfect and worked well. What happened to it was unaccountable electronic voting machines in private hands, a lot of quiet power grabs, and open, blatant illegal acts by officials entrusted with making sure all who can vote can do so and keeping our votes safe.

    Don't blame a voting system -- or a Constitution -- when the REAL problem is corruption.

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