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esseph • yesterday at 5:25 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Nevertheless, do these poorest really account for a third of all voters?

25% of all eligible voters work jobs like service, retail, or construction where it is very hard if not impossible to get time off work to vote.

Although many states even have laws allowing people to have time off to vote, it's often 2 hours or less, which in many localities is not nearly enough to get through the line.

There are no real blanket voting protections across the country.


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ninalanyon • yesterday at 9:08 PM

I thought they could vote by post?

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