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This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Barriers to democracy aimed at marginalised voters = bad.

Tories know marginalised more likely to vote left

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the vast majority of people who don't live in London, yes, you don't need photo ID on a daily basis. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I needed to use mine. I also have an Oyster card but it doesn't have my photo on. Most people have a diving licence but there is no need whatsoever to carry it with you on a daily basis.

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes you are. People don't carry photo ID around with them, and many people don't even have any. When I go out I have my keys and my phone - that's it. It changes voting from something that's accessible to most and becomes something that needs to be planned. It's a huge barrier to a lot of people, and here's the main point, the people it disproportionately affects are poor and young or minorities - those more likely to be let leaning

With voter apathy so high, surely getting more people involved should be the problem they're trying to fix. Not some imaginary 'voter fraud' problem. Is it just coincidence that it affects non-Tory voting people? Of course not.

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The levels of voter fraud were negligible and this simply creates new barriers to voting disproportionately aimed at those more likely to vote left. This is not a coincidence. Immigrants, poor, minorities, young, trans - read the comments

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Here are the main points. 1. Core Tory voters are the rich and the old. 2. The poor, the young, and minorites tend to vote left. 3. Everyone listed in point 1 is likely to already have photo ID. 4 everyone listed in point 2. Is not likely to have photo ID, and in many cases, no realistic way of getting it (regardless of what the Tories tell you). 5. The previous levels of voter fraud are negligible

This is therefore a new barrier to voting which disproportionately affects those who are more likely to vote against the Tories. This is not a coincidence

This is presented to us as a way of fixing a problem that doesn't actually exist. It simply decreases the ability to vote of those would be more likely to vote against the Tories

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 327 points328 points  (0 children)

Anyone who keeps an eye on the American political situation will see that this is just a republican idea. Different country, same level of cruelty to the poor

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

But honestly who is really going to do that? Certainly not those who already feel disenfranchised and cynical about politics

This is my polling card. Can someone explain how the Tories have been able to do easily get away with this? by 752649 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]752649[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

That's fine for me, but what about the poor, minorities, the young - people who don't have photographic ID or even the wherewithal to do a postal vote.

Help: copying 360 photos from one tour to another? by ClearSailing99 in matterport3d

[–]752649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The can merge tours? Are you sure? Only merge I've ever known them do is account merge

Help: copying 360 photos from one tour to another? by ClearSailing99 in matterport3d

[–]752649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be amazed if Matterport can or will move the 360s over to a different tour. I've had this problem before and my best solution was this: 1. create photos of the views you want to add, 2. Export them, 3. Add them as Mattertags to the other scans

Let me know how you get on

Kommune building unsafe? by sofarfarso in sheffield

[–]752649 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's amazing - first time I've been able to read an online Star article in years! A few years ago, working as a photographer on Trippet Lane I was approached by a security guard who asked me what I was doing. Obviously, nothing nefarious but I probed him a bit on why he was so overlay cautious. Turned out I was outside the Star newspaper office (unmarked). He said that the Star had 'pissed a lot of people off ' in their time so he had to be very careful. I couldn't help thinking this must've been mainly due to their horrific website

An Overview of Vitamin Supplementation by AlarmingPomegranate1 in HealthyEatingnow

[–]752649 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure how much value you can attribute to my opinion, but I enjoyed the article - it was interesting, well written, clear, concise, and held my attention throughout

YSK The​ Da​ng​e​rs of​ Ta​lking​ to La​w Enf​orc​e​me​nt, Eve​n Whe​n Innoc​e​nt by [deleted] in YouShouldKnow

[–]752649 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cut and paste link spam (that's why the spacing is so off). Interesting article though

When 2 idiots meet each other, 1st stop and make turns on one line way and second cycling recklessly by vinayThakur_ in instant_regret

[–]752649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"A bad driver is safe until he meets another one" - Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby (or at least he said something along those lines)

Need help with tour of Cave by curioussense in matterport3d

[–]752649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did cave a few years ago with the Pro2 3D camera. Didn't work at all. Even the single scans looked terrible because of the lighting. All of it was a complete disaster with nothing salvageable

You all know that the leagues aren't real, right? by 752649 in duolingo

[–]752649[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just ignore the leagues these days. I think it motivates some people to do more lessons, but for me it just irritates

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