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BadgerKid

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3. It parallels tax avoidance vs. tax evasion.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:41 AM

Yesterday

Suppression is legal depending on how it's done, but cheating is illegal.

Before I get jumped on for implying some suppression tactics are legal, I observe that because of free speech, candidates can (and do) lie and misrepresent. It's up to others to refute.

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Just a reminder of one of the biggest reasons the fascists are in power, voter suppression & they will be doing it again [View all] yaesu Yesterday OP

Is voter suppression gab13by13 Yesterday #1

It parallels tax avoidance vs. tax evasion. BadgerKid Yesterday #3

Clinging to the incumbency. Frasier Balzov Yesterday #2

And they will never stop cheating. NameAlreadyTaken Yesterday #4

Wow ABC123Easy Yesterday #5

Voter suppression is so important and rarely mentioned as one of the reasons elections are lost by a whisker. betsuni Yesterday #6

KnR RockCreek Yesterday #7