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by mcstafford 1626 days ago
At first glance, the headline sounded likely to be a conspiracy theory from the other side, not something from NPR.
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why? Giving residents voting rights in local elections is not exactly a totally new and unimaginable proposal.
>not exactly a totally new and unimaginable proposal

that's not exactly contradictory with "conspiracy theory from the other side".

If something isn't a new proposal, but rather something that's been proposed and debated in multiple places, it seems kind of odd to automatically assume it passing somewhere is a conspiracy theory.