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Rhiannon12866

(255,542 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 11:50 PM Mar 2024

Republican activists are PURGING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS - Talking Feds



In a bombshell report, the New York Times has documented Republican activist work across the country to purge voter rolls in Democratic strongholds across swing states like Michigan, Georgia and Nevada.

They are relying on false narratives, obscure laws, bad information, and intimidation to get low level clerks to remove Democratic voters from the registry. - 03/06/2024.

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Republican activists are PURGING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS - Talking Feds (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 OP
We aren't sitting on our hands! PortTack Mar 2024 #1
Thanks so much for the link! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #2
Welcome!! Thank you for all your posts...I read darn near all of them PortTack Mar 2024 #4
Thanks so much, it's my way of keeping up on the news and passing it along for those that don't have cable or TV Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #6
Purging voters is the first part of the plan. MontanaMama Mar 2024 #3
Since they're outnumbered, voter suppression is the only way they can win Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #5
Keep checking and re-checking your registration. Qutzupalotl Mar 2024 #7

PortTack

(35,820 posts)
1. We aren't sitting on our hands!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:04 AM
Mar 2024

Garland says Justice Department will scrutinize new GOP-led voting restrictions
The attorney general detailed federal plans to protect voting rights after a number of GOP-led states passed laws placing new limits on elections.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-general-merrick-garland-details-plan-protect-voting-rights-n1270533

Rhiannon12866

(255,542 posts)
2. Thanks so much for the link!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:15 AM
Mar 2024

And I do follow the Justice Department and post their weekly news when it comes out on Fridays.

Rhiannon12866

(255,542 posts)
6. Thanks so much, it's my way of keeping up on the news and passing it along for those that don't have cable or TV
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:56 AM
Mar 2024

And I include the descriptions so that fellow DUers will know what it's about.

MontanaMama

(24,722 posts)
3. Purging voters is the first part of the plan.
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:17 AM
Mar 2024

They only need so many votes to win battleground states. After that, they just need enough of wiggle room to clog up the courts with their lies. This is a mess.

Qutzupalotl

(15,824 posts)
7. Keep checking and re-checking your registration.
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 01:00 AM
Mar 2024

it's the only way to fight this. And tell everyone.

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