• NABDad@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      It’s not a stupid law. It exists to protect voters from intimidation.

      If the law makes no provision for enforcement, then that is certainly stupid.

      As I understand it, in my state not only is it illegal to interfere with a poll worker, it’s also illegal for the police to not make an arrest when the poll worker demands it under the law.

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      The problem is not the law, it’s enforcement. It’s only a problem now because no enforcement is ever made until. Until it’s a huge problem. Until it’s an incident. If you let the individual act like they are more important than the society they exist in, this is what you get. Fetishized individualism.

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          2 years ago

          Ah yes, senior citizens are the ones charged with upholding laws.

          This was a result of no enforcement, this wasn’t the enforcement.

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              I remember as a kid going with my parents to vote. All of the folks with signs had to stand by the road instead of in the parking lot because of the electioneering laws. This was back in the 90s, so they have indeed been enforced for a long time. This was back before the red side was violent and unhinged like they are today, so I would say that electioneering laws are more important today than they ever have been.