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That's not voter suppression, it's a risk you take when moving outside of Germany. The German state can't guarantee that you can easily vote if you move outside of its jurisdiction.
It affects all kinds of people depending on mail in vote this time including some that live in Germany. The federal voting commission has even explicitly warned about it.
As there is a strong correlation between mail in votes and progressive voters, and it was the CDU that enforced this faster than actually possible election, it is a classic case of voter supression.
And that is only the tip of the iceberg. There are a lot of other subtile ways in how the German government suppresses votes from people that are not living in the same small German village the last 20 years or so.
Voter suppression is not some big conspiracy, it is about people not caring enough to improve something because it ultimatly benefits them to keep it as it is.
No, the ballots were sent out on February 6th. That's plenty of time.
Source : I voted by Mail
Talk about being priviledged without actively saying so 🙄
Then explain me the privilege. I don't see it
That is typically the case with priviledge 🙄
So you can't explain the privilege? Otherwise it's quite childish to make a claim but then refuse to elaborate
Being ignorant of your own priviledge is basically part of the definition of priviledge.
But just think about someone that is working "montage" jobs and isn't home two or three weeks at at time. Their voting documents will sit unused in their mailbox.
There is a large group of people that have to use mail in votes because they don't have the time and flexibility to vote normally. This voting option wasn't invented for convenience.
That you can't even fathom that such very common cases exist, shows the level of priviledge you are arguing from.
You can specify another address where they will send you your ballots. And you can allow a other one to vote on your behalf
But yes, the rushed election date was idiotic. Normally you have 2-3 weeks more.
As someone working in a hospital I'm very well aware of this. But it was also invented for convenience, because it increases participation, which is good for democracy.
In Germany we call this a Unterstellung