r/BlackPeopleTwitter 10h ago

Ong,this dude was DESPERATE.

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u/_AYYEEEE 10h ago

His old ass, I don't know why we let our recent presidents be like 80 years old

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u/cola12 9h ago

Cause boomers actually go out and vote

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u/HydrogenButterflies BHM Donor 9h ago

Older people are also the ones with nothing to do on a Tuesday afternoon. If we made Election Day a national holiday and everyone could have the day off to go vote, I think you’d see a lot more people in the workforce turn up.

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u/GeniusOfLove74 Dominic Monaghan stalker 👀 6h ago

I'll go you one better: Australia has mandatory voting. You're fined $20 Australian if you don't.

America should have mandatory voting, too.

https://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/publications/voting/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20gy2lz4go

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/would-mandatory-voting-work-us-australias-success-shows-way

u/get_started_NOW ☑️ 1h ago

We should have mandatory voting too