Hi Ari! I reiterate others' thanks for your work on these issues. I'm a third-year law student who wants to focus on voting rights, election law, campaign finance, etc. My question is, how do you make people really care about this stuff, when they just don't think it's a problem? I frequently run into the problem where, when I'm having conversation with someone about these issues, people say things like "What's the big deal? It's just an ID." or "It doesn't affect me" or "Well people could commit voter fraud, and it's important to stop that from happening."
I can throw out statistics and stories all day, but for a lot of folks, those instincts and beliefs are pretty deeply ingrained. In your experience, what are effective ways of changing peoples' minds about this issue, if they're not inclined to believe it's a problem in the first place?
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Hi Ari! I reiterate others' thanks for your work on these issues. I'm a third-year law student who wants to focus on voting rights, election law, campaign finance, etc. My question is, how do you make people really care about this stuff, when they just don't think it's a problem? I frequently run into the problem where, when I'm having conversation with someone about these issues, people say things like "What's the big deal? It's just an ID." or "It doesn't affect me" or "Well people could commit voter fraud, and it's important to stop that from happening."
I can throw out statistics and stories all day, but for a lot of folks, those instincts and beliefs are pretty deeply ingrained. In your experience, what are effective ways of changing peoples' minds about this issue, if they're not inclined to believe it's a problem in the first place?
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