I doesn’t help that minority groups are targeted.

My partner didn’t really start voting until he started dating me and settled up north. Last time he tried to vote in Louisiana there were men in trucks with guns, whipping all over the place around the polling station chasing off all the black people.

Where his grandma was in Nola some of the voting stations in predominantly black neighborhoods will be moved without any notice, or the amount of polling places will be cut back

My partner hasn’t lived in Louisiana for 6 years. 3 of those years were with me in New England.

Every. Mother. Fucking. Year. The state finds some reason to bilk my partner from money or cause some kind of trouble.

The most recent incident was wondering why my partner’s payment for car insurance wouldn’t go through only to learn that the state called Progressive, said that his address and registration was wrong. So we had to spend an hour on the phone, having to prove that he indeed doesn’t live in Louisiana and hadn’t for a while. And then we had to spend two days on the phone calling the godforsaken state to make sure they weren’t going to try and send a fine or some shit and to send proof to Louisiana that he hasn’t been a resident for years and to knock off the bullshit.

Three years with this man and Louisiana is like dealing with a severely malignant tumor