Is reading voter suppression? @thelaurenchen flicks through i | Lauren Chen

Is reading voter suppression?

@thelaurenchen flicks through it for RT:

Many Democrats claim new voter policies in Georgia are a thinly veiled attempt at suppressing votes, especially those of minority citizens.

Specifically, the controversial change to state voting procedures requiring absentee voters to verify their identities. Acceptable proofs include a driver’s license number, the last four digits of their Social Security number, a bank statement or utility bill.

Despite the fact that voter ID laws are standard internationally, and that Georgia’s provisions are actually comparatively lax, outlets such as CNN have claimed that they will disproportionately burden and disenfranchise black voters. It seems that, apparently, requiring IDs is racist, but asserting that black people can’t figure out how to get IDs is perfectly fine.

Lawyer Marc Elias perfectly embodied this “bigotry of low expectations” on social media. He implied that voters might be unable to identify exactly which number printed on their licenses was their driver’s license number, despite it clearly being labelled “DL.”

Some were quick to point out the absurdity of this argument, and although Elias’s post didn’t mention black voters specifically, considering that voter ID has been turned into a racial issue by Democrats, the insinuation was clear as to who, exactly, Elias believed might not be able to figure it out.

Progressives may accuse the right of racism all they want, but at least no part of the GOP’s platform is built around the assumption that minority groups cannot read.