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0 pointsabeppu4y ago0 comments

I think it's wrong to generalize from voter id laws to "the types of voting restrictions we're talking about". Other stuff that's being pushed:

- limitations on early voting

- limitations on mail voting windows

- criminalizing helping people return their mail ballots (including disabled people)

- sending mail ballots not specifically requested

- voter roll purges

When these are paired with stuff that isn't statutory (fewer voting machines per capita causing long lines at particular polling places), I don't think it's a stretch to think there would be aggregate impacts that are significant given the narrow margins that we often tend to see.

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ByteJockey4y ago

Could be, I suppose. Though for most of those, I'd expect them to have approximately the same impact as voter id laws. The big exception being voter roll purges in states without same day registration, that one seems most likely to have an impact.

> given the narrow margins that we often tend to see.

Most elections really aren't that narrow (hence the high incumbency rate). The few that are just end up dominating the news cycles.

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