May 6, 2019
I try to follow politics as much as possible. I read USA Today, watch Fox, and follow Breitbart News. I listen Rush and Alex Jones on the radio. However, I am embarrassed to say that I had never registered to vote. So I headed down to city hall to register for the 2020 elections.
The registrar, a black woman, asked me for some identification. I showed her my driver’s license. She said that was not good enough. She asked me if I had a green card or a work permit. I told her that I didn’t have one, and that I wasn’t even sure what they were. She made some kind of disapproving noise. Well, do you have an EBT card? Everyone has an EBT card. I said no, but that I did have credit cards. She said that that was not good enough.
She then asked me if I could translate the Declaration of Independence into Spanish. I said no. Okay, I have one last question, and you better get it right or you will not be able to vote. Can you name the four greatest female blues singers of all time? I said thank you very much, and went home without being able to register to vote. It seemed so unfair. It almost seemed like she was going out of her way to make sure that white men like me were kept from voting. Why would someone do that?
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