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B.See

(2,700 posts)
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 02:04 AM Jul 27

START THE STEAL: Big Lie-Pilled Officials Are Now In Charge Of Election Admin In Counties Across The U.S.



Big Lie-Pilled Officials Are Now In Charge Of Election Admin In Counties Across The U.S. - Talking Points Memo After successfully getting their allies elected to county boards across the nation, election deniers may soon see the fruits of their labor if things don’t go well for Trump and Trump-backed candidates in the fall.

Republicans’ 2024 Platform Makes Veiled Threat of “Secure Elections” - The New Republic Consider this a threat to the next election.

New Georgia law makes voter intimidation easier, critics say; affects Black voters most - Yahoo


Citizen voter challenges, once an obscure practice, have transformed into a mass movement in Georgia, with conservative activists challenging hundreds of thousands of voter registrations in the last several years. Often, the waves of voter challenges coincide with competitive, high-profile elections, with election conspiracy theorists using complaints of rampant voter fraud to cast doubt on election results. Voters of color — and Black voters in particular — have been disproportionately impacted by these vast disenfranchisement campaigns.

And voting rights experts say a newly-passed election law, known as SB 189, is likely to make the problem worse.


'Apples to orangutans': Report reveals MAGA's new bogus voter fraud scheme - Rawstory

the real idea isn't to change election procedures for 2024, but to give MAGA activists permission to push for yet another coup against the election results should Trump be defeated, said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research.

they are gearing up to spend an unprecedented amount of money, not on campaign ads or canvassing, but on election litigation and poll watchers: "The party’s recent maneuvering suggests a far more sophisticated — and more dangerous — strategy. Co-led by Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump, (file under: NEPOTISM) the RNC is mobilizing what it has called the 'most extensive and monumental election integrity program in the nation’s history,'


And in MAGA MENTALITY, "integrity" means STEAL IT. For example:

Trump accused of bilking millions from MAGA fans for bogus 'election defense fund' - Alternet.org
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START THE STEAL: Big Lie-Pilled Officials Are Now In Charge Of Election Admin In Counties Across The U.S. (Original Post) B.See Jul 27 OP
"Integrity." George Orwell Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 27 #1
Wouldn't he though. B.See Jul 27 #2
They will be flooding us with challenges... Think. Again. Jul 27 #3
Keeping an eye on these things needs to be a big focus for the Party starting jow ms liberty Jul 27 #4
Absolutely correct. B.See Jul 27 #5

B.See

(2,700 posts)
2. Wouldn't he though.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 05:18 AM
Jul 27
It's the theater of financiers
Count them, fifteen 'round a table
White and dressed to kill (Bowie)

ms liberty

(9,463 posts)
4. Keeping an eye on these things needs to be a big focus for the Party starting jow
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:26 AM
Jul 27

We're going to need to overwhelm them with numbers anyway, but we e have to fight this one on every front.

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