BREAKING: Gov. Abbott issues proclamation CLOSING (as of Oct. 2) satellite offices where voters can

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23. They do not fear fraud. They fear democracy.

It has been well known in Republican circles that decreasing the amount of participation in voting by the average citizen is a key to retaining power for them.

Republican policies are geared almost entirely for the wealthiest people. Even with their culture wars, they can only activate about 30% or slightly more, of the population consistently. They are a small bloc, but reliable; so they have to find ways to suppress the vote of the much larger, but much less motivated, group of voters who support more egalitarian policies of the Democratic Party. Making it even slightly harder to vote, and the constant lies and smears about "socialism" and the "radical left" coming to take your job, your guns, your families, your ability to speak your mind (aka be racist without consequence)... and there you have it.

They know there is no voter fraud to speak of. They know that if there are any election shenanigans like elections fraud, that typically it is Republicans who are engaged. They know all of this. They are not afraid of fraud. They count on it to combat what they are really afraid of, everyone who can vote, actually voting.