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Nevilledog

(53,063 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 12:12 AM Aug 1

Election Deniers Are Ramping Up Efforts to Disenfranchise Voters

https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-efforts-disenfranchise-voters/

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For the last six months, election denial groups across the United States have been laser-focused on efforts to purge voter rolls in support of former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid.

Using new apps and online tools, they claim their volunteers have filed hundreds of thousands of voter registration challenges. Though these efforts are based on unreliable data and debunked election fraud conspiracies, they threaten to disenfranchise voters by removing legitimate registrations. And as the deadline to file these voter roll challenges approaches next week, experts warn that these groups are already planning out their next moves to stop Democratic voters in swing states.

Catherine Engelbrecht, the founder of True the Vote, has argued for more than a decade that mismanaged voter rolls have led to widespread voter fraud. Recently, she wrote in her newsletter that True the Vote’s revamped IV3 tool, designed to automate the process of challenging voter registrations, was used by over 35,000 volunteers. “To date, 6,937 citizens have completed 645,610 challenges across 1,322 counties,” she wrote. In a later interview on the right-wing War Room podcast, Englebrecht said the number of challenges facilitated by IV3 was now over 700,000.

The number of challenges made by True the Vote and other similar groups is expected to increase dramatically ahead of the upcoming deadline on August 7 that prohibits states from systematically removing voters within 90 days of a federal election.

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Election Deniers Are Ramping Up Efforts to Disenfranchise Voters (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 1 OP
Can't Merrick Garland stop this? Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #1
I got this article because Marc Elias shared it on Twitter. Nevilledog Aug 1 #2
I hope he's working on stopping it. Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #5
The DoJ does not "usually" comment on ongoing investigations. Justice matters. Aug 1 #8
I sure hope you're right. Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #9
From that article... Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #3
Because there are a bunch of really bad people who are willing to support the monster. Nevilledog Aug 1 #4
Yep. Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #6
Donate/Volunteer if you can pat_k Aug 1 #7
Bookmarked. Frank D. Lincoln Aug 1 #10

Frank D. Lincoln

(484 posts)
1. Can't Merrick Garland stop this?
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 01:19 AM
Aug 1

If so, why doesn't he do it?

Is the Biden administration keeping up with things like this? If not, why not? If yes, what are they doing about it?

We Democrats can still overcome this if we GOTV on a massive enough scale, especially in swing states.

Still, I wish our Democratic leadership was more proactive. There's too much at stake for them to continue being like that.

I wish I had the power to get Biden to immediately replace Garland.

...experts warn that these groups are already planning out their next moves to stop Democratic voters in swing states.


The number of challenges made by True the Vote and other similar groups is expected to increase dramatically ahead of the upcoming deadline on August 7 that prohibits states from systematically removing voters within 90 days of a federal election.


Why aren't our voting rights being protected? I wonder if Democratic attorney Marc Elias is fighting this in court?

By the way, if you want to keep up with all of the anti-democratic legal actions Republicans are taking to stack the odds in Trump's favor, you should visit Democracy Docket on a frequent basis (warning: prepare to become thoroughly pissed off):

[https://www.democracydocket.com/author/marc_elias/|

GOTV






Frank D. Lincoln

(484 posts)
5. I hope he's working on stopping it.
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 01:33 AM
Aug 1

Republicans are such a nightmare. Their very existence threatens our democracy.

Justice matters.

(7,431 posts)
8. The DoJ does not "usually" comment on ongoing investigations.
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 11:47 AM
Aug 1

I suspect there is one or two, or more about that, but I don't expect comments before actions are taken.

Frank D. Lincoln

(484 posts)
9. I sure hope you're right.
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 06:24 PM
Aug 1

I'm also glad Kamala Harris was a prosecutor. I hope that means she's not going to put up with this crap if she becomes president.

Frank D. Lincoln

(484 posts)
3. From that article...
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 01:30 AM
Aug 1
The use of new technology tools to supercharge these voter challenges is also being pushed by the Election Integrity Network (EIN), which is run by Cleta Mitchell, a former Trump adviser who was present on the January 2021 phone call when Trump asked Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” enough votes to flip Georgia in his favor.


How can one man, Trump, fuck up our country so bad? Yet he wants to make it exponentially worse by shoving Project 2025 down our throats.

pat_k

(10,618 posts)
7. Donate/Volunteer if you can
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 02:05 AM
Aug 1

Help organizations that are working to combat suppression and other nefarious activity. Here are a few:

https://www.fairfight.com/

https://allvotingislocal.org/

https://866ourvote.org/

See also, Rolling Stone article:
These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers
At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day

And film:
Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote
It's from 2020, but worth a look if you missed it (and the list of partners at the bottom of the main page includes a number of other organizations doing work to combat suppression).

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