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Richard Feidler

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

You know, we vote on Tuesday.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Depending on which state you live in, it can be very difficult to register to vote.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

It is getting increasingly more difficult to actually cast your vote, even if you're registered to vote.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

You have to show particular kinds of ID.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

You have to make it to the polling place on a workday.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

In time, if you're dropping off your ballot, you can be in a place like Houston County, where you have to drive for miles to that one drop-off place.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

where another county that's geographically much smaller may have one drop-off place for a couple of thousand people.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Young people in the United States don't vote.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Statistically, we know this.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Most Americans probably, if you ask them, will say, oh, it's because they're not interested.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Well, no.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Actually, it's because for most of them, it's very difficult to register to vote.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

It's very difficult to get to a polling place because there's a concerted policy against having polling places on college campuses or near college campuses, which tend to be quite isolated.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Young people are the people who are least likely to be able to take time off on a Tuesday.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

I can go on and on, but let me just mention one thing.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

A law recently passed in the state of Georgia that makes it illegal

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

to give water or food to people waiting in line to vote.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

This is the extent... So illegal?

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Illegal.

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Illegal.