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Almost 60 percent of the poorest among us favor democracy over a dictatorship. We have a better chance at preserving what is left of our democracy if the poor don’t have to get some boss to let them take a day off, forfeit a day’s pay, and figure out how to get somebody to watch the kids while they drive or take a bus to a polling place.
This is, of course, why Trump wants to do away with mail-in voting.
Eight states and Washington, D.C. have mail-in voting; 42 states do not. The result? Here’s the chart:
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What I've learned over too many years is that people living in low-income or poverty situations lose faith that voting will make a difference in their lives. Couple that with making voting a challenge and you have lost the impetus to vote.
🏵️🏵️ Katharine, your chart about mail‑in voting names a quiet injustice: when the poorest must choose between a day’s pay and their voice, democracy is already weakened. **“There is no compulsion in religion.” (Qur’an 2:256)** insists freedom of…
