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alp227

(32,019 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 05:04 PM May 2020

Republicans plan to spend at least $20 million to combat voting rights lawsuits in 2020

Source: Vox

The Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign have doubled their litigation budget to $20 million, Politico reported Thursday. RNC chief of staff Richard Walters told Politico that the GOP is prepared to sue Democrats “into oblivion” by spending “whatever is necessary” to prevail in legal fights against its rivals leading up to the November election.

As the Politico report made clear, Republicans expect to devote much of this legal war chest to litigation over whether Americans should be able to vote from home during a pandemic that could make it unsafe for them to cast in-person ballots at the polls this November. High-level Republicans have resisted efforts to expand voters’ ability to submit mail-in ballots, likely because higher voter turnout is widely believed to benefit Democrats.

Read more: https://www.vox.com/2020/5/8/21251839/vote-by-mail-voting-laws-republicans-costs-supreme-court

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Republicans plan to spend at least $20 million to combat voting rights lawsuits in 2020 (Original Post) alp227 May 2020 OP
Twenty million? Chump change OKNancy May 2020 #1
All to deny people the right to vote for which racists also murdered activists decades ago. Judi Lynn May 2020 #2
If the postal service goes under, there won't be vote by mail. Lonestarblue May 2020 #3
not really noneof_theabove May 2020 #4
A lot of people can't afford that. SergeStorms May 2020 #5
Republicans can't win fair elections. SergeStorms May 2020 #6

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
1. Twenty million? Chump change
Fri May 8, 2020, 05:08 PM
May 2020

LOL in this day and age. Bernie could raise that in a weekend if he wanted.

Judi Lynn

(160,524 posts)
2. All to deny people the right to vote for which racists also murdered activists decades ago.
Fri May 8, 2020, 05:09 PM
May 2020

You can't get lower than that.

Lonestarblue

(9,978 posts)
3. If the postal service goes under, there won't be vote by mail.
Fri May 8, 2020, 05:36 PM
May 2020

I would not put it past Trump and Republicans to give the postal service a reprieve for a few months and then close it in October, claiming there is no more money to support it. That takes care of vote by mail.

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
4. not really
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:33 PM
May 2020

for $5-$8 UPS, Fedex, Amazon will deliver you mail.

oh, there is that little annoyance call "poll tax".

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
6. Republicans can't win fair elections.
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:50 PM
May 2020

They can only win when they cheat, and that's what this is all about, denying people the right to vote. I despise these sub-human mutts.

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