precinctthinning
/ˈpriːsɪŋktˌθɪnɪŋ/nounVerified NewThe strategic reduction of polling places in areas opposed to the governing power, so that voting costs time its opponents lack.
No rule says who may vote; the density of places decides who practically does. A four-hour line is a policy with plausible deniability.
Etym. — precinct + thinning; suppression achieved by subtraction rather than prohibition.
Rel. — rollprune
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