Democratic senators insist mail-ballots
and drop boxes fight racism
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/19/2022 12:34:16 PM
Senior Senate Democrats are insisting that universal mail-in ballots and voter drop boxes, measures included in their election overhaul legislation, help to fight racism. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat and chair of the Rules Committee, said the federal voting measure is needed to counter what she called efforts by some states to suppress the vote. “They’ve rolled back things that they’ve changed during the pandemic, like witnesses for mail-in ballots in South Carolina,” she said. “No matter which way they did it, it all adds up to one thing. And that is voter suppression and limiting people’s freedom to vote.”
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Black people are so meek and mild, the poor things, so it's reasonable to say that they'd shy away from the voting booth, even when they're voting for the Free Stuff they need to survive. And still the dastardly Republicans want to keep them down, refusing in their overt racism to let them raise up their voices and sing.