rain wrote
But, why wasn't my vote counted?
I’m absolutely convinced it’s because someone knew there would be no consequences for burying it. Voter suppression is far more likely to get hand wringing than a serious response, so active grassroots voter suppression has become popular.
It’s turns out the old saying “if voting could bring change it would be illegal” was wrong. Instead, it’s “if voting could bring change we will rig the results.”
twovests OP wrote
Yeah, this exactly. That's the feeling I'm getting. Maybe there's a reasonable explanation, but maybe the road to hell is lined with "benefit of the doubt".
rain wrote (edited )
Maybe there's a reasonable explanation, but maybe the road to hell is lined with "benefit of the doubt".
Exactly. And the thing is, some fraction of the uncounted ballots probably are for completely unrelated reasons, and they rely on this for plausible deniability. But taken as a whole, I believe most of these cases are cases of deliberate lack of care, i.e., voter suppression.
The real question now is: so what? What are we going to do about it?
Edit: just to be clear, I don’t have an answer - this is just what I’ve been asking myself the last month
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