{"id":15607,"date":"2018-02-06T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15607"},"modified":"2018-02-06T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:28:13","slug":"the-united-states-pretends-it-gives-the-vote-to-every-citizen-over-the-age-of-18-it-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/the-united-states-pretends-it-gives-the-vote-to-every-citizen-over-the-age-of-18-it-doesnt\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States pretends it gives the vote to every citizen over the age of 18. It doesn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2017\/11\/07\/21\/us-voting.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>It&#8217;s a lie. Lots of people can&#8217;t vote for lots of reasons. Then add to it that many people who could vote don&#8217;t bother&#8230;it&#8217;s almost as if hardly anyone makes the decisions for the rest of us. No wonder things are so fucked up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/aunited-states-voting-rights-florida-felons-gerrymandering-pennsylvania-a8197576.html?utm_content=bufferd6c22&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/aunited-states-voting-rights-florida-felons-gerrymandering-pennsylvania-a8197576.html?utm_content=bufferd6c22&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a lie. Lots of people can&#8217;t vote for lots of reasons. Then add to it that many people who could vote don&#8217;t bother&#8230;it&#8217;s almost as if hardly anyone makes the decisions for the rest of us. No wonder things are so fucked up. http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/aunited-states-voting-rights-florida-felons-gerrymandering-pennsylvania-a8197576.html?utm_content=bufferd6c22&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-15607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9240,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/will-the-marijuana-vote-be-a-factor-this-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":15607,"position":0},"title":"Will The Marijuana Vote Be A Factor This November?","date":"September 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"#News420 With five states voting to legalize the adult use of marijuana, and four states voting to legalize medical marijuana, things could change drastically this Novemberhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2cGxkHm","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10628,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/snapping-a-selfie-with-your-ballot-could-get-your-vote-tossed-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":15607,"position":1},"title":"Snapping a selfie with your ballot could get your vote tossed out","date":"November 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Which states are ok and which will land you in deep shit for taking a ballot selfie? 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