Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backed
  • WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
    12·
    8 months ago

    I don’t know if you’re from Louisiana but the percentage of voters electing these guys is much higher than 20%.

    • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee
      31·
      8 months ago

      I’m from Louisiana. This person is referring to the abysmal voter turnout. They said 20% of the population, not 20% of the voters.

      Given that only about 36% of the eligible voting population even turned out to vote, this is accurate.

      With that turnout it literally only takes 20% of the population to enable shit like this.