Tomi T AhonenAug 31, 2024

Civilized Western nations do this in a very simple way, same for ALL CITIZENS

They get notice of an upcoming election. Here is where you can vote on election day. Here are places you can early vote. Here is your mail-in-ballot if you want to postal vote

That is how CIVILIZED democracies do it

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@tomiahonen

The American system is truly designed to disenfranchise voters, particularly poor and disadvantaged citizens.

It was originally designed to keep control in the hands of the wealthy and white.

Aug 31, 2024 at 7:02pmWeb
Show threadTomi T AhonenAug 31, 2024
@bigheadtales that is one view, and there is ample evidence to that yes. I believe the opposite is true. That it was the gradual UNDERSTANDING of what democracy meant. First, let's take power away from the King and give it to 'all people' and at that primitive idea of all people, only those who could read or write, or had employees who could do so (why bother giving peasants or slaves a say, they would not understand). This gradually evolved to add women, give blacks vote, lower age of voting..
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@tomiahonen
That’s an interesting point of view. I’ll have to think on that.