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  1. Democratic group launches #legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits.

    The Democratic Assoc of Secretaries of State plans to spend ≥$5M to support top
    #ElectionOfficials in #Maine, #Michigan, #NorthCarolina & #Nevada. Ofcls w/the group said they may expand their reach to other states as needed & could spend more if fundraising is strong.

    #Trump #BigLie
    #democracy #law #ElectionLaw
    nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec

  2. Rolling Stone & American Doom compiled its list of election-denying #ElectionOfficials by culling media reports about refusals to certify results & other denialist behavior - & by searching the #SocialMedia profiles of hundreds of election ofcls in the 6 swing states.

    #ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

  3. While refusals & delays of #certification have not held up in #court, in #Georgia & #Arizona, pro-#Trump local #ElectionOfficials are seeking to make #certification discretionary - lawsuits that are currently being decided by state judges — in order to give his campaign another method to challenge #election results in November.

    #ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

  4. In the swing states of #Arizona, #Georgia, #Michigan, #Nevada, #NorthCarolina, & #Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone & American Doom identified at least 70 pro-#Trump election #conspiracists currently working as county #ElectionOfficials who have questioned the validity of elections or delayed or refused to #certify results. At least 22 of these county #election officials have refused or delayed #certification in recent years.

    #ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

  5. When #election night comes in November, it will be up to thousands of local #ElectionOfficials to #certify election results in their counties. Among those election ofcls are scores of #Trump supporters who believe his #lies & #ConspiracyTheories about stolen elections - & will be in prime position to act on those beliefs to try to [illegally] aid his campaign in November.

    #ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

  6. The purge in Waterford went unnoticed by state #ElectionOfficials until The NYT discovered it. The #Michigan secretary of state’s office has since told the clerk to reinstate the #voters, saying the removals did not follow the process laid out in #state & #federal #law, & issued a warning to the state’s 1,600 clerks.

    #Trump #VoterSuppression #disenfranchisement #ElectionInterference #law #ElectionLaw #democracy #VoteBlue #Biden2024