They are afraid they can’t win a fair election. The worst things they are doing concerned how ballots will be counted and certified. They will make it possible for some legislatures to overturn the will of the voters.
As federal voting legislation falters, state Republicans push to exert new powers over elections https://t.co/b6o1KL9hP3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 24, 2021
The new R laws and the quick flexing of them described in @reidepstein’s article are the structural counterpart to individual actions, such as purging the Republican who cast a legally-mandated, ministerial vote to certify Michigan’s electoral votes. https://t.co/sFM9wvMsEn
— Jonathan Zittrain (@zittrain) June 19, 2021
Read @JRakove explaining why federal legislation to correct voting rights abuses by state legislatures is fully consistent with the intentions of the framers:https://t.co/lFFslyLGuD
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 19, 2021
NEW: Local election officials can now be removed or stripped of power under new voting laws implemented this year by Republican legislators in GA, AR, KS and under consideration in AZ.
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) June 19, 2021
Most of those ousted already are Black Democrats.
w/@NYTnickc https://t.co/jlY3mqayH6
Activists fight back as Juneteenth milestone is undercut by GOP discriminatory voting bills https://t.co/aGczMHIoVp
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 19, 2021
“A passionate base of voters and activists on both sides may be intensely dialed in on the issue, but a disengaged middle is baffled at the attention.” https://t.co/ITvO2jjeYD
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) June 19, 2021
weird that georgia republicans are using the new voting to do exactly what critics said georgia republicans would do https://t.co/8Ie1bQUXWp
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 19, 2021
it is very very clear where this is all headed and it feels like much of the nation’s political class is in denial about it https://t.co/2bHoTHLOLd
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 19, 2021
Sad! 