In 1965, scores of African Americans were beaten in Selma, Ala., while protesting for their right to vote.
In 2014, as many as 50 people were killed in Afghanistan, defying the Taliban in order to cast their vote.
In South Africa's first free elections in 1994 after apartheid ended, millions of black people perished in bombings in order to elect Nelson Mandela.
An unknown number of people were beaten or killed for voting in Zimbabwe in 2008.
And in Iraq, after the war in 2005, militants attacked polling stations, killing dozens of people; despite all these threats, millions of Iraqis turned out to cast their votes in multiple elections.
Meanwhile, in 2024 America, employers all over the country are paying their employees to take time off of their jobs in order to vote. Some states actually mandate this.
Really? The last I checked, a typical workday is from 9AM to 5PM. Polls open at 7AM and close at 8PM. This seems like plenty of time to vote.
More people than ever are working from home. I'm sure they can steal away to their local polling location during lunch or a slow time during the day. But no, that’s too........