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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (4545)	1/3/2017 12:27:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365740

You just alleged that NC was participating in voter suppression. I suppose by the definition you use for voter suppression, you might even be right to an extent (and it wouldn't just be people of a particular race or ethnic group, or political persuasion that were so "suppressed" even if some groups propensity to vote decreased more than others). If requiring an ID makes some people less likely to vote it "suppresses", curbs or inhibits, the vote. But it doesn't suppress in the sense of "put an end to", "put down by force", "vanquish" etc. Anything that reduces the number or strength or amount or growth of something else could be considered to "suppress" it by one of the definitions of the word. By that definition bad weather on election day also suppresses the vote, and negative ads against the opponent are partially an attempt to suppress the vote for the opponent. To the extent "voter suppression" or "vote suppression" (the former is more common, the later is more accurate your want less votes for your opponent, you don't go around shooting voters), is going to be a meaningful term, it can't just be anything that reduces votes in general and/or for your opponent. It has to be more of "put down by force". Gangs of thugs at the poling places, stiff unreasonable and difficult to meet requirements for votes etc. Not something like refusing to extend extra voting hours (or even removing extra hours that were in place in previous election cycles) or requiring a photo ID.