Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Democrats think so little of minorities that they can't believe they know how to go to the DMV and get an ID. They do it to get on planes, buy alcohol, and dozens of other common activities in America, but to show an I'd to vote is now racist and suppression. What a lie!!!

I've been using a photo ID to vote for years until the 2020 election. I don't buy the argument that a birth certificate is too hard to obtain. I've to use mine on multiple occasions in the last few years.

I'm bothered by the argument that it is not necessary to verify who the person is who is voting. And I never really heard a viable alternative to the currently required ID's. Unless, the argument here is that we shouldn't care who is actually voting.

But in any event they should show both sides and I don't believe that was done here.

I wish they would've interviewed Carol Anderson for this project. She wrote an excellent book on the topic titled "One Person, No Vote" which was published in 2016. She wrote about everything mentioned in this documentary and more.

"Rigged" points out the attempts of the Republican Party to suppress the vote of minorities who overwhelmingly vote Democrat. The tactics they use are slick and underhanded, but they all start with, first, exacerbating a problem that doesn't really exist: voter fraud. By pointing to the infinitesimally small amount of cases of voter fraud as a proof of something grander, they effectively garner the support needed to make very restrictive voter laws that disproportionately affect people of color and the poor. By using phrases like "we want to make voting easy and cheating hard," they can paint themselves as genuinely interested in honest and fair elections, but their track record points to anything but.

I think a documentary like this had to be made when you had the POTUS crying foul at every chance he got. The chant of rigged elections became so deafeningly loud that there had to be an equally loud rebuttal. "Rigged" doesn't nearly reach the decibel level, hence the ears, of as many people as Trump and his minions did, but it's at least an honest attempt.

Nonsense movie not backed up with fact. They represent only half of the issue, while demonizing others.

While we were sleeping, our nation has been under attack by a group of citizens stealthily developing goals and strategies as a path to political power. Their long-range vision, meticulous planning and persistence in achieving their goals are frighteningly successful. Hopefully, this film will alert more people to the threat to our democracy, and will encourage those who object.