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One reason vote-by-mail remains under attack by Donald Trump is because of who it helps turn out (lemmy.world)
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[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah. No shit.

The other aspect of it is that urban voting would go way down. Congestion at city polling places would be a pain in the ass, but thankfully urban voters are historically very conservative.