Thread by @Jon_Allsop

Lines outside polling places don’t so much reflect democracy in action as democracy in inaction—a reminder of America’s shameful, ongoing history of voter suppression. Add in COVID and they aren't just a democratic disgrace, but immediately dangerous. /1

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More broadly, in assessing all the early voting, we need to remember the still-very-high rate of people who won't vote—because hurdles like lines put them off or because they've lost faith in politics. If these aren't both forms of suppression, they at least share causes... /2

...institutional racism and a broad culture of bureaucratic incompetence and inertia that doesn’t just make it harder for people to vote, but to access healthcare, affordable housing, and so on. Me today for @CJR: /3

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With links to thoughts/articles from @AOC, @emarvelous, @mjs_DC, @CharlesPPierce, @samsanders, @ElectProject, @vivian, @marielpadilla_, and many others. /END

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