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The #GOP #Scheme That Could Bring Our #ElectoralSystem to Its Knees

An #underappreciated part of the Trump #attack on #democracy: #mass #voterchallenges. A “mass voter challenge” involves individual voters calling into question the eligibility of hundreds or thousands of voters all at once. #Frivolous mass voter challenges picked up after the 2020 #election and the viral spread of #TheBigLie

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-scheme-mass-voter-challenges

The #Michigan activists are part of an expansive web of grass-roots groups that formed after #Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat in 2020. The groups have made mass #VoterChallenges a top priority this #election year, spurred on by a fmr Trump #lawyer, #CletaMitchell, & True the Vote, a #vote-monitoring group w/a long history of spreading #misinformation.

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

#Eligible #voters are being swept up in #conservative #extremists efforts to #purge #voter #rolls.

"It's young #voters, it's #PeopleOfColor, and it's people that are #unhoused. Those are generally the types of people that end up in #voterchallenges."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #VoterSupression #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #BlackMastodon

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eligible-voters-swept-up-conservative-activists-purge-voter-rolls/