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In state election boards & county offices, GOP officials have been closing polling places and making it harder to vote. The bet is that enough people will get tired, give up, and stay home. But this month, a group of college students made it clear that their gamble will backfire. (link in comments)

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The strategy is basically "User Experience" design for democracy, but instead of optimizing for conversion, they’re optimizing for churn. Turns out, friction is a feature, not a bug, when your target metric is apathy.

NC MAGA General Assembly removed the early voting sites from college campuses. Subtle, right? I had to drive an hour to take some college kids to vote. Now a huge mobilization of Black voters from campuses. Good work. Hopefully the end result is increasing the turnout among students

I live in the Texas County that eliminated 90 polling locations. I teared up a little seeing this story.

Turn it into an event. The entire party has surrendered its soul to Trump. That worked for a little while. It's not going quite so well now. The only thing the Republicans can do is cheat. That's all. And we are not allowing it.

Question: You're still a Republican. How can you possibly justify that? Not askin' you to be a Democrat. But "Independent" (allying with whomever you choose) is available as a choice. The GOP is a cabal united in evil intent. Your posts are really irritating to read, understanding that you are GOP.

Funny how the party screaming about election integrity treats an open polling place like a security breach. Shorter lines scare them more than any fraud they keep inventing.

I see such future leadership almost every day I spend as a high school substitute teacher. The 21st century may not be fully lost.

Message for Melania. Before you pat yourself on your genius visa back, do your homework. Your husband said you want to save children. Maybe you better start with the ones living in Los Angeles and San Diego.

In Trumplandia…🇺🇲's Leader’s 19th Century Who Rules With A GoldFist✊Says: 🇺🇲🏛️🏴‍☠️👑🎃👐🏻💬 “Make Voting Harder! If They Give Up, I Win!” 📜 Divine & Demonic Wisdom 📜 HEAVEN'S😇🪉🙏🏻MORAL: “PROTECT EVERY VOTE; DEFEND DEMOCRACY!” TRUMPLANDIA’S😈🔥🖕IMMORAL: “BLOCK THE VOTE; CLING TO POWER!”

NC native and resident here. The state was reddish purple now it's bluish purple. This redrawing districts, moving polling locations, is what the state legislature does instead of trying to make the state better. It's going to be mostly blue soon and the GOP has themselves to blame.