The Republican Attack Upon the Right to Vote... or

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Does Anybody STILL Think This S---- Isn't Real???? (continued from similarly titled threads)



TRUMP:

What to know about Trump’s effort to take over midterm elections. From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.

1. In 2020, institutional guardrails helped to prevent Trump from overturning the election.
2. Less than 18 months into his second term, Trump has dismantled many of those same guardrails.
3. Among the first agencies Trump gutted after returning to office was one that had repeatedly disproved his stolen-election claims.
4. Trump and his appointees have gutted election-related teams at federal law enforcement agencies.
5. Trump ousted career specialists and replaced them with pro-Trump “Team America.”
6. Team America members are using a powerful Homeland Security Investigations tool to try to identify noncitizen voters.
7. Trump’s head of elections security is behind the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election ballots in Georgia.
8. The DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, once responsible for making sure the department’s inquiries weren’t improperly influenced by politics, was eviscerated.

Report Details Trump Effort to Quietly Lay Groundwork to Steal Future Elections. Donald Trump is using the US Department of Homeland Security to quietly assert federal control over elections in at least eight states, according to an investigation out Monday from Reuters

This Is Actually Illegal: DeSantis Unveils Unconstitutionally Rigged Congressional Map. Republicans lost a HUGE special election in Florida and now they’re determined to CHEAT in the November election by rigging the maps in a back room deal

Trump’s plan to take control of the midterms is accelerating. Ohio election official gets shocking phone call from the Trump administration demanding sensitive voter information.

‘Apartheid in the US’: Arizona’s secretary of state fights Trump’s plot to amass a ‘master list’ of voters. “Trump is trying to amass a master list that will allow him to declare someone an enemy of the state,” he said. With personal information on all Americans at his disposal, Trump could regulate key aspects of our lives, including “shutting off bank accounts, and keeping us from getting healthcare”.

Trump Targets Every 2020 Election Worker in Key Georgia District. Trump is trying to get the personal information of thousands of election workers and volunteers in Fulton County, Georgia, who helped with the 2020 election.

Even red states are refusing to fork over voter data to Trump’s DOJ. At least five red states have refused to hand over voter information, including driver's license numbers and partial social security numbers. The DOJ has not clearly stated its motives for wanting voter data.

New FBI raid on Democrat was brought on by fired Trump official to help with midterms. Federal agents have raided the office of a Virginia Democratic legislator who was instrumental to her party possibly picking up four additional congressional seats.

Questions as Fox News reporter arrives just in time for secret FBI raid on Virginia Democratic legislator. Correspondent Scott MacFarlane pointed out that the Department of Justice manual required "high-level approval" for any advanced notice of raids.

aka propaganda arm of Trump's gestapo.

Trump and GOP test precedent with aggressive voter roll purges. Republicans and the Trump administration are now testing the scope of the federal law that imposes that ban on “systematic” removal programs within three months of an election

Trump Threatens States That Don’t Rig Their Midterm Elections. Trump is insisting that states rig elections in Republicans’ favor—even if it means people have to vote multiple times until they win.

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1. The Republican Attack Upon the Right to Vote (continued from above)

SUPREME COURT:

Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering. The Republican justices just abolished 40 years worth of law protecting against rigged maps.

Supreme Court assailed by experts for grotesque ruling that just gutted civil rights. Kagan wrote, “I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”

Kagan Ripped Supreme Court for Destroying Right to Racial Equality

With supreme court ruling, Republicans could crack urban areas to dilute Black vote. Republicans are now working on maps to further dilute Black voting districts.

“We Could See the Largest Drop in Black Representation Since the End of Reconstruction.” Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, enacted federally, went after the slippery tricks deployed to destroy the political power of Black folks and other people of color—especially in the South. And the Supreme Court just took us right back to that time.

SCOTUS Helps Louisiana Republicans Obliterate Black Democratic District Ahead of Midterms by fast-tracking ruling.

The Supreme Court Just Made Its Voting Rights Ruling Even Worse. The court has fast-tracked its decision demolishing the VRA, helping Southern states redraw their maps before the midterms.

LOUISIANA:

Louisiana’s Republican Governor Jeff Landry Cancels Votes In Insane Racial Power Grab. Landry, a MAGA favorite who also serves as Trump’s envoy to Greenland, told House Republican candidates of his plan to suspend primary elections.

Louisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump. Louisiana’s secretary of state had already received tens of thousands of absentee ballots for the state’s primary elections, but now won’t count them because of Republican Governor Jeff Landry’s desperate move to please Donald Trump.

MAGA Louisiana Gov. sent a message with corrupt order to cancel elections: expert. Marc Elias called the emergency declaration "corrupt" and argued that it shows Republicans are willing to resort to dirty tricks when they can't win on their popularity or policy platform.

Colluding in Broad Daylight: Trump Praises Louisiana Governor for Suspending Elections. “What is happening in Louisiana right now,” warned Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias, “is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this fall.”

Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections. The ACLU filed a suit on behalf of Louisiana voters asking a state court to block Jeff Landry’s suspension of congressional elections.

TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA:

Marsha Blackburn calls for special legislative session to eliminate all Dem House seats in her state. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called on her state’s legislature to reconvene on Wednesday to vote to eliminate all the House districts in the state held by Democrats.

Alabama rushes to eliminate its only two Democrats in Congress. Republican Governor Kay Ivey called for a special session to pass new congressional and state senate maps.

Alabama GOP moves to throw out votes already cast for May primary without telling voters. Alabama is pushing ahead with a racist redistricting scheme after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.

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2. This just underscores HOW URGENT it is that EVERY Democrat who can, MUST vote.

That means in ALL primary AND general elections. Like this year. The midterms are coming. Make sure you’re ready to exercise your right to vote! Do it BEFORE they try to take that right away from you.