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

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319 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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KingOfCoders ◴[22 Oct 24 05:58 UTC] No.41911577[source]▶
What a strange idea for someone from Germany. Here you are registered as a citizen and get a letter to your registered address and you take that to the voting station. Vote. Done.
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1. shaky-carrousel ◴[23 Oct 24 13:24 UTC] No.41924847[source]▶
It's 2024 and they still don't have universal suffrage in the US, as convicted people cannot vote.