So long as the political and economic system remains intact, voter enfranchisement, though perhaps resisted by overt white supremacists, is still
welcomed so long as nothing about the overall political arrangement fundamentally changes. The facade of political equality can occur under violent
occupation, but liberation cannot be found in the occupier’s ballot box. In the context of settler colonialism voting is the “civic duty” of maintaining our
own oppression. It is intrinsically bound to a strategy of extinguishing our cultural identities and autonomy.”
J.T.