So while there are demonstrable instances of the voting system itself being broken, we have State Legislatures across the US worried that voter fraud is the true "threat to democracy" and demanding that voters show a valid photo ID before they can mark their ballot.
Note yesterday's US Supreme Court decision to allow Indiana's voter ID law to stand. If they really wanted to fix the voting system, they'd deal with these fucked up machines. Voter IDs is not about defending our voting system from abuse, it's about disenfranchising sectors of the voting population.
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So while there are demonstrable instances of the voting system itself being broken, we have State Legislatures across the US worried that voter fraud is the true "threat to democracy" and demanding that voters show a valid photo ID before they can mark their ballot. Note yesterday's US Supreme Court decision to allow Indiana's voter ID law to stand. If they really wanted to fix the voting system, they'd deal with these fucked up machines. Voter IDs is not about defending our voting system from abuse, it's about disenfranchising sectors of the voting population.
I think this is the silliest thing I've ever seen