Barr reportedly removes national security official ahead of elections
The move comes after John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist, told Congress his office would no longer give verbal briefings on election security https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/31/william-barr-us-justice-department-elections?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
Here’s the *real* reason Donald Trump is attacking mail-in ballots — CNN Politics Here’s the *real* reason Donald Trump is attacking mail-in ballots — CNN Politics
Response to black vote conspiracy. How to respond when someone says the Alabama election results are a black conspiracy This is what happened when Bill Mitchell, a famously outspoken Trump supporter, suggested that high Democratic voter turnout in the Alabama run-off election was due to a plot to bus in black voters from out of state to vote illegally. https://mobile.twitter.com/i/moments/941468631380123648
Jamil Smith: Watch the Georgia Minority Vote Disappear Before Your Eyes
Brian Kemp, the Republican running against Democrat Stacey Abrams, is blocking more than 53,000 people from the polls over a technicality, continuing his history of voter suppression
The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters American democracy is in deep trouble. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/6/21211378/supreme-court-coronavirus-voting-rights-disenfranchise-rnc-dnc
Almost 16 million voters were removed from the rolls. We should be alarmed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/almost-16-million-voters-were-removed-from-the-rolls-we-should-be-alarmed/2019/05/15/f3de396a-7682-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html
How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression It doesn’t require packing the Supreme Court. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/democrats-2020-election-voting-reform-nuclear-option.html
How do you know voting by mail works? The U.S. military’s done it since the Civil War. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/how-do-you-know-voting-mail-works-u-s-military-n1186926?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
Why do Americans mistrust experts https://youtu.be/V50HMNB4qX4 https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineAbsenteeBegin
https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/BallotTracking.aspx
Young Turks -dumbest things DT said https://youtu.be/UMYZoVtn73s
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case that could remove 129K from voter rolls
Donald Trump has made unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud a centerpiece of his presidency, as well as his reelection campaign. He claimed millions of people voted illegally in 2016, created an inept committee to investigate voter fraud, and now opposes mail-in voting, claiming it’s inherently fraudulent.
Now it appears that the president himself committed voter fraud.
On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that when Trump registered to vote in Florida, he claimed the White House as his legal residence. On the same day he filled out his voter registration, however, Trump formally declared himself a “bona fide resident” of Palm Beach, the location of his Mar-a-Lago club. The president therefore tried to register to vote under an out-of-state address that is not, in fact, his legal residence.
Donald Trump Appears to Have Committed Felony Voter Fraud
USPS Alarm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/11/post-office-bailout-trump/
Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November
‘Friday Night Massacre’ at US Postal Service as Postmaster General—a Major Trump Donor—Ousts Top Officials ”America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/07/friday-night-massacre-us-postal-service-postmaster-general-major-trump-donor-ousts
Outrage about Trump’s attack on the USPS is not enough. Here are concrete steps each of us can take to protect our vote and save our democracy. Thread 1/10Vanita Gupta on Twitter
Colorado secretary of state accuses Trump of lying about mail-in voting — CNN Politics
Dead chicks, delayed prescriptions: Late mail leaves rural America disconnected https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dead-chicks-delayed-prescriptions-late-mail-leaves-rural-america-disconnected-n1239373
U.S. voting officials scramble in wake of ‘misleading’ USPS mailer A voter-outreach effort by the U.S. Postal Service drew a growing backlash on Monday as election officials in several states warned voters that the embattled agency was providing inaccurate information about how to vote in the Nov. 3 election.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-postal-idUSKBN2653EO
U.S. warns ‘foreign actors’ aim to sow doubts over mail-in voting https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-idUSKCN26D34C
Racist voter suppression tactics are making a comeback in the 2020. And Florida shows just how bad it could get. https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-worst-case-racist-voter-suppression-voting-election-2020-10
Analysis: Trump’s call to halt vote counts is his most brazen swipe at democracy yet
A Great Example of Better Data Visualization: This Voting Map GIF
Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office
Republican Congressman Helped Organize Far-Right Protest Against Election Result
Trump admin just made the citizenship test harder. Can you answer these questions? – CNN Video
Trump Supporters Spend Weekend Clogging America’s Highways
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1322957092412686343?s=21
Parkway blocked by Maga taliban
Man on Facebook claims he’s the pickup truck driver who ‘slammed’ into Biden-Harris volunteer
Trump supporter caravan blocks people from voting in California
Analysis: Trump’s call to halt vote counts is his most brazen swipe at democracy yet
A Great Example of Better Data Visualization: This Voting Map GIF
Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office
Republican Congressman Helped Organize Far-Right Protest Against Election Result
Trump admin just made the citizenship test harder. Can you answer these questions? – CNN Video
McConnell voting inconsistency thread
On my continuing quest to understand how Mitch McConnell, who had an approval rating of 18%, managed to win reelection by 57%, I dug even deeper
The deeper I dig, the more I find the numbers out of Kentucky hard to swallow
Here’s a follow up on Kentucky’s election results
McConnell three Katie porter
And since my original thread on Kentucky I’ve found even more anomalies. To further verify Kentuckys data I also looked at Dems numbers to see if their votes made sense
THEORY: When a Kentucky Dem voted for Amy they also voted for Biden
But thats NOT quite what the data shows https://twitter.com/grassrootsspeak/status/1336713647050153984?s=21
The “For the People Act” Would Make the U.S. a Democracy
Texas Republicans finalize bill that would enact stiff new voting restrictions and make it easier to overturn election results
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