Election deniers are shifting their rhetoric from 'stolen' to 'rigged' elections. The distinction is important

False claims of “stolen election” have reverberated among the anti-voting right for years: Conspiracies alleging mass voter fraud, ballots flown in by foreign adversaries, voting machines programmed to flip Republican votes to Democrats.

But prominent election deniers, far-right activists and some ordinary Republicans have recently shifted their rhetoric.

“Elections are not stolen, but rather rigged – by the laws they have on the books in the various states, which allow for nearly unlimited ballot counting capacities,” Seth Keshel, a prominent anti-voting activist who played a central role in promoting President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” in 2020, recently wrote.

On the surface, it might seem like a minor shift in terminology.



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