As a Representative from Pennsylvania, and someone who spent decades representing voters seeking access to the ballot, we recently lived that reality, and I saw the detrimental impact of strict voter ID laws firsthand.
Scanlon discusses the negative effects of strict voter ID laws on access to voting.
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So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.
After not being in session for so long, one week has got everyone ready to go home.
It makes it difficult to … follow up on issues about food and medical care if you can’t talk to people who are impacted.
Why are we jailing, essentially, people who are not a danger to our communities, who are in many cases contributing members to our economy and our communities, folks who are employed and are paying taxes? Why are these folks being put in a…
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