- When it became clear that black voters cast mail-in votes at a higher rate than white voters, Florida enacted S.B. 90 to reduce access to drop boxes. - In a state where black voters were notoriously made to wait much longer times to cast votes because of fewer voting machines provided, Georgia enacted S.B. 202 to make it criminal to provide food and water to voters waiting in line. - Because in Georgia it became obvious that black voters cast mail-in votes at a higher rate than white voters, that same S.B. 202 dramatically reduced access to drop boxes. - That same Georgia S.B. 202 allows anybody to go to any county and challenge as many voter registrations as they like. - Montana H.B. 176 eliminated Election Day registration when it became obvious to that Legislature that it was a popular method of registering and voting among younger, more liberal voters. - Texas S.B. 1 made it criminal for election workers to encourage voters to request mail-in ballots, eliminated drive-thru and 24 hour voting. That same bill required ID numbers to match information on voter registration applications, knowing full well that many such applications were not likely to have the mandated information at the time they were originally submitted, or that voters had simply forgotten which bit of information they had included. That law initially caused 50% of mail-in votes to be rejected. I could go on and on with those, but the most important item is that republican plaintiffs have taken a case to the Supreme Court that would allow state legislatures to toss out presidential election results for any reason, even when they were ordained and fairly conducted, simply if they don't like the outcome. How much more voter suppression can you get?
None of these are voter suppression, nor are they impeding on anyones right or ability to vote. They’re protecting voting integrity, but it’s a nice spin that you have there. Mental gymnastics are a fun game to play, if you’re that kind of person.
