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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Thu May 19, 2022, 02:01 PM May 2022

Voter 'subversion': Trump Republicans push laws to make it easier to change elections

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/19/voter-subversion-trump-republicans-push-laws-change-elections/9824186002/


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The 2022 edition of an annual report – entitled "A Democracy Crisis In The Making" – said proponents are pursuing election subversion through five methods:

Awarding state legislatures the power to award electoral votes; authorizing post-election "audits" that could be partisan in nature; giving partisan lawmakers and appointed officials more powers over election operations; placing "unworkable burdens" on election administrators; and intimidating election officials with the threat of criminal penalties for certain actions.

Since 2021, a total of 33 states are considering at least 229 bills that involve some form of election subversion, the report said. That includes the 50 bills that have been enacted in at least 14 states.

Trump and his allies began pushing election changes after his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden, and his many false claims about voter fraud.

These proposals also come at a time when Trump is endorsing Republican candidates at all levels of government, including state legislatures, secretaries of state offices, governor's offices, and Congress – people who would be in a position to pursue election subversion if given the chance.

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Voter 'subversion': Trump Republicans push laws to make it easier to change elections (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2022 OP
I've been told we just have to GOTV and everything will be OK FoxNewsSucks May 2022 #1
+100000 Nevilledog May 2022 #2

FoxNewsSucks

(10,431 posts)
1. I've been told we just have to GOTV and everything will be OK
Thu May 19, 2022, 02:18 PM
May 2022

and that it's not Manchin's fault for derailing all the voting protections.

Looks to me, more like republicons looked at why some of their dirty tricks didn't work and are taking action so it won't fail again.

Why can't Democrats see that?????

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