"Voter suppression is not just about direct denial; on a deeper level, it is about fostering intimidation, cynicism, and exhaustion to stop people from even trying to vote in the first place."

If when you go to vote, you feel empowered, you feel respected, you feel heard, you're going to want to do it next time, too.

If you end up waiting hours in the sun, only to be rejected or hassled when you reach the front, you won't.

Democracy is such a fragile thing. And it's a terrible injustice that the only way to secure it is for people with the least time and resources to fight through the obstacles placed in front of them and vote anyway.

But that is the only way.

But also: If you live where voting is easy, and you aren't commuting on two buses to work, and rushing to pick up kids from afterschool programs, make sure you vote.

If not for yourself, then on behalf of those who have been turned away, or purged, or disillusioned.

And at this point, don't mail your ballot in. Either vote in person, or drop it off. https://www.vox.com/21536156/vote-early-in-person-drop-off-ballots

Let's become a country that makes it clear we want people to vote, and where both parties know that the path to power is winning over voters. Democracy is worth fighting for. https://www.vox.com/21524807/donald-trump-joe-biden-2020-election-voting-suppression-democracy