The all-Republican court narrowly found that the nonprofit corporation operating the state’s electrical grid qualifies for sovereign immunity, which protects government entities from lawsuits.
Even just somethingike working two jobs, or working while in college, or being a single parent, or being tasked with unpaid care work (e.g. taking care of a sick parent for free, and also still having to work your regular job for pay), and so on can do it, even aside from the obvious vote oppression efforts.
this is true. i lived in a very red state for most my life, and always felt my vote didn’t matter. i went through the motions of voting, but didn’t feel i would have a real impact. i did it because i felt a sense of civic duty, but I’m a white cis dude so i didn’t feel the effects like someone else might so i cant blame them if they don’t feel that same sense of duty.
makes me think that the people who don’t vote are pretty happy with how things are going.
Or they are unable to vote. Since there are so many hurdles they have to overcome to be able to vote.
Even just somethingike working two jobs, or working while in college, or being a single parent, or being tasked with unpaid care work (e.g. taking care of a sick parent for free, and also still having to work your regular job for pay), and so on can do it, even aside from the obvious vote oppression efforts.
Or they’ve been beaten into submission to believe their vote doesn’t matter. I guess that’s what happens when you live under an oppressive government.
this is true. i lived in a very red state for most my life, and always felt my vote didn’t matter. i went through the motions of voting, but didn’t feel i would have a real impact. i did it because i felt a sense of civic duty, but I’m a white cis dude so i didn’t feel the effects like someone else might so i cant blame them if they don’t feel that same sense of duty.