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A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote

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250 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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purpleblue ◴[21 Oct 24 23:27 UTC] No.41909618[source]▶
The sheer unadulterated racism from the past is horrifying and sickening. Sure, we still have work to do, but I'm glad we've come so far in the last few decades.
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Spooky23 ◴[22 Oct 24 04:02 UTC] No.41911077[source]▶
It’s still here. We dress it up as voter ID or something similar.
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anonfordays ◴[22 Oct 24 05:28 UTC] No.41911460[source]▶
Voter ID is not racist.
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Spooky23 ◴[22 Oct 24 11:05 UTC] No.41913112[source]▶
Fair. It disenfranchises the poor across racial boundaries.
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1. anonfordays ◴[22 Oct 24 16:57 UTC] No.41916256[source]▶
Voter IDs are free, they do not disenfranchise the poor.