Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

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The DOJ is investigating dozens of threats against election workers

An Ohio man convicted of threatening an election official was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday, while dozens of others remain under investigation.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Undated Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should not be counted, appeals court rules • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The decision is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court for appeal, ahead of the November presidential election.

penncapital-star.com

 

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Colorado Elections Chief Sees 600 Percent Spike in Threats Since Trump Challenge

Since the start of the Colorado lawsuit to take Trump off the ballot, Secretary of State Jena Griswold has seen an alarming increase in threats.

www.rollingstone.com

 

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Colorado Elections Chief Sees 600 Percent Spike in Threats Since Trump Challenge

Since the start of the Colorado lawsuit to take Trump off the ballot, Secretary of State Jena Griswold has seen an alarming increase in threats.

www.rollingstone.com

Riling up the minions. Crazy how these idiots throw their lives away for a monster who couldn't care less about them.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Judge rules Georgia Republican Party vice chairman voted illegally​

Brian K. Pritchard voted nine times while serving probation for felony forgery charges

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[MessiahDecoy123]

Good, send all these terrorists to federal prison.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction

www.theguardian.com

A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected.

Mason, now 49, attempted to vote in Fort Worth in the 2016 even though she was ineligible because she was still on supervised release – which is like probation – for a tax felony. She has always maintained she had no idea she was ineligible and only tried to cast a ballot because her mother urged her to.

Although Mason was not particularly involved in politics before her case, she has since become much more engaged in raising awareness about voting rights. In 2022, she opened a rally for Beto O'Rourke.

 

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South Carolina Republicans can use discriminatory map for 2024, court rules

Federal court allows map to be used for 2024 election despite earlier finding it discriminates against Black voters

www.theguardian.com

 

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Rural California county keeps ultra conservative official who pushed to upend voting system

Shasta county’s Kevin Crye fought off a recall effort, but another far-right official who pushed election conspiracies lost the race for his seat

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Is GOP candidate Neil DeSanti illegally registered & voting?

GOP legislative candidate Neil DeSanti appears to have been illegally registered, and voting, for more than a decade.

azmirror.com

Judge bars county line in June's primaries, a blow to New Jersey's party leaders • New Jersey Monitor

District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi to grant order barring ballot design experts say lends party-backed candidates unconstitutional edge.

newjerseymonitor.com

 

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Georgia lawmakers make it easier to challenge a voter’s registration

Legislators change state laws including increasing documentation officials need to certify elections

www.theguardian.com

 

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Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting

The town of Newbern saw white officials deny its first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, from exercising his duties for three years

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Judge says office block ballots only for Democrats, GOP can keep organization lines - New Jersey Globe

U.S. District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi’s decision to strike down organization lines for the June 2024 primary election and replace them with office

newjerseyglobe.com

 

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Connecticut becomes latest state to approve early voting

Connecticut is the latest state to allow voters to cast their ballots early and in person. Saturday was the final day for early voting in the state before the presidential primary slated for Tuesd…

thehill.com

 

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US election workers face thousands of threats – so why so few prosecutions?

The justice department has a dedicated taskforce to tackle a phenomenon that barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie

www.theguardian.com

 

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US election workers face thousands of threats – so why so few prosecutions?

The justice department has a dedicated taskforce to tackle a phenomenon that barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie

www.theguardian.com

We need it, it's disgraceful how people can say such awful things and get away with it. It's not right and it won't stop without consequences.

 

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Emails reveal Michigan auditor general helped write GOP draft requesting 2020 election audit • Michigan Advance

When Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler initiated an audit of the 2020 election, he did so at the request of a Republican House member. However, emails indicate that Ringler, whose office is supposed to be nonpartisan, actually helped draft the request through a series of previously...

michiganadvance.com

 

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RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms

Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee

www.theguardian.com

 

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States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards

A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Kim Taylor sentenced to eight months for voter fraud

A Woodbury County woman found guilty of over 50 counts of voter fraud has received her sentence.

www.ktiv.com

A Woodbury County woman found guilty of over 50 counts of voter fraud has received her sentence.

Prosecutors say it was all in an effort to get her [Republican] husband, Jeremy Taylor, elected. Of course, Jeremy Taylor was ultimately elected to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, though he doesn’t face any charges of his own.

The judge added that a downward variance, that's sentencing her to less than the guidelines, was warranted because of mitigating evidence, including her lack of criminal record, the good she's done for the community, and her caretaking role to her multiple kids.

The judge adding Kim Taylor is unlikely to re-offend, because now that she's a convicted felon, she won't be able to vote.

This judge whined about Biden who has nothing to with anything here in giving out less than the guidelines.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Man Charged Over Alleged Threats to ‘Hang’ Michigan Election Official

The alleged threat to “hang Joe for treason” occurred during a December recount of several local elections.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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The RNC Is Inflating Its Legal Attack on Voting Rights

A recent internal RNC memo claims the committee to have “engaged” in 78 lawsuits across 23 states in the 2023-2024 election cycle, a thorough review of the RNC’s memo reveals a far lower number.

www.democracydocket.com

 

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Georgia’s Latest Attack on the Right to Vote

Today on TAP: The Republican legislature has a clumsy new effort to disqualify registered voters.

prospect.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Georgia Secretary of State Sent Letter to Larry David Over ‘Curb’ Voting Law Plot

Brad Raffensperger sent the note last month, telling David, "We apologize if you didn’t receive celebrity treatment at the local jail. I’m afraid they’ve gotten used to bigger stars. It’s the TMZ of mugshots."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump and Nebraska governor push to deny Biden a crucial electoral vote | Semafor

The state’s governor wants to end the state’s unusual practice of splitting electoral votes, which could tip a close race to Trump.

www.semafor.com