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Shell_Seas

(3,453 posts)
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 01:50 PM Sep 2023

The Power of Your Voice: Transforming Texas Through Voting

Why non-voters hold the key to a progressive Texas.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/the-power-of-your-voice-transforming


As a non-voter, you always have an explanation for why you don’t vote. My vote doesn’t matter. I’m too busy. I don’t follow politics. I’m not into politics. The game is rigged against me.

In Texas, there are millions of people just like you. In fact, the voter turnout in Texas is the lowest of any state.

Texas’s problems aren’t because of National Politics or who is president. Texas’s issues are directly because of the state government and the harm they intentionally did to Texans. You may or may not already be aware of this, but any actions other states or the federal government take are constantly tested in Texas first. That’s why Texas was the first to ban abortions and pass open carry. Texas has long been the testing ground for far-right Conservatism.

So, how bad is it in Texas? And how much worse will it get?

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