• core
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    8 months ago

    I’ve been told my vote won’t matter if I don’t vote for the right candidate. that’s voter suppression if I’ve ever seen it

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      8 months ago

      The common thread with any definition of voter suppression is that it reduces voting. Being encouraged to vote and in such a way as to increase its power is as close to the opposite of voter suppression as you can get.

      Call it something else if you like, but it ain’t voter suppression.

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        4 months ago

        if i’m told my vote won’t count, why would i vote?

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          4 months ago

          Where have you been for the past 3 months lol.

          why would i vote?

          The power of your vote isn’t affected by someone…commenting on it…so you’d still vote for whatever reason you had before you were told that. Being told that your vote would be wasted on, presumably, a third-party candidate is just practical commentary. If you find yourself dissuaded by that, you’re not being suppressed, you’re just…childishly impressionable. Please forgive the insult.