Republican mass challenges will be one of the biggest stories to come out of the 2022 midterms. We are fighting them but they are multiplying. https://t.co/DR10LusklC
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 30, 2022
The thing about these private voter challenges law that I did not know before I read this were that the challenges are unlimited and there IS NO PENALTY for challenging a voter falsely, or in bad faith.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) September 22, 2022
Activists fueled by false conspiracy theories about election fraud are working to toss out tens of thousands of voter registrations and ballots in battleground states.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 28, 2022
“They are just going to beat the system into the ground,” said one election official. https://t.co/88eevyRL8O
A Republican group tried to purge more than 6,000 Harris County voters. Their efforts didn't work. https://t.co/0xsLB31URA
— Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) September 30, 2022
I warned everyone over a year ago.👇
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 23, 2022
"Among the most overlooked, but most important, provisions of the omnibus voter suppression law enacted in Georgia are new provisions that encourage mass challenges and threaten counties that refuse to abide them."https://t.co/EKRnMp66Rw
MAGA Republicans will stop at nothing to override the will of the people and infringe on our rights to choose who leads us. https://t.co/nyJMFIDYRb
— Defend Democracy Project (@DemocracyNowUS) September 30, 2022
We recently spoke to a county elections chief in Iowa about this. He told @boltsmag he’d received 3 voter registration challenges in the previous 15 years. This year, 119. https://t.co/DcbEhflVMD https://t.co/PCJn0C61K3
— Alex Burness (@alex_burness) September 28, 2022
"Georgia Republicans have begun to challenge the qualifications of thousands of voters who, they argue, may have moved out of the state or have died. These efforts are based on the state’s new SB202"https://t.co/gfxunxGSdQ
— Black Voters Matter (@BlackVotersMtr) September 27, 2022
Sad! 