'The US could lose the right to vote within months': Top official warns on threat to democracy
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/27/jena-griswold-colorado-elections-secretary-of-state-democracy
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https://archive.ph/AYwXj
Colorado’s secretary of state, Jena Griswold, is warning anyone who will listen that the fate of free and fair elections in the United States hangs in the balance in this November’s midterm contests.
In many of the most competitive races for offices with authority over US elections, Republicans nominated candidates who have embraced or echoed Donald Trump’s myth of a stolen election in 2020.
Griswold, who chairs the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State (Dass) and is running for re-election, is urging Americans to pay attention to the once-sleepy down-ballot contests for secretary of state – lest they lose their democracy.
“What we can expect from the extreme Republicans running across this country is to undermine free and fair elections for the American people, strip Americans of the right to vote, refuse to address security breaches and, unfortunately, be more beholden to Mar-a-Lago than the American people,” Griswold, 37, said in an interview with the Guardian.
She added: “For us, we are trying to save democracy.”
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The House passed legislation that would have fixed the voting rights problems. Thanks to two Democratic senators who took the side of Moscow Mitch and his filthy republicons, it did not survive the Democratic-controlled Senate.
THAT is how it is possible.
If we can mobilize Democratic and Independent voters in Red districts - we can win no matter what the polls or M$M 1% controlled talking TV heads say.
That is all it will take. We Dems and Indies outnumber them in almost EVERY district that is being contested. We are even polling well in historically solid Red districts - see Alaska for example.
The press and the 1% and Putin and TFG and Traitor Mitch WANT us to lose heart and go back and sit in our chairs and zombie out.
DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN. Ignore the purposefully disheartening noise. Talk to Your family, friends, co-workers, fellow students, players on your sports teams, patrons at your bar, and neighbors personally.
A strong GOTV GOTV GOTV beats Gerry Mander every single time.
It is going to be beautiful. The best GOTV ever.
#Voteblue2022
#GOTV2022
We have to take away all platforms where TFG and his evil minions could potentially do damage.
Starting with The House and Senate.
Then the rest of the dominoes will start to fall.
They are getting more violent, obnoxious and racist. I truly fear that they will do something really terrible if they get back into power and we can't do anything to stop them. 