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Exhibit A: unprecedented GOP power grabs in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio & North Carolinahttps://t.co/9sKFTVQGxX pic.twitter.com/1dtUXwsfuN

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 3, 2018

GOP power grabs in Wisconsin and Michigan undermine the foundation of our republic. The whole idea of elections is they have consequences. Those who lose live to fight for the people’s vote another day. Trying to change the rules on your way out the door is a national shame

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 4, 2018

Michiganders passed a ballot measure to make it easier to vote. With their last bit of power, Republicans are working to dismantle this progress — again demonstrating that only one political party wants to make it harder for eligible Americans to vote. https://t.co/6ttvEERYGA

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) December 3, 2018

Michigan Republicans are undertaking a diabolical plan to kill a popular minimum-wage ballot measure: https://t.co/HneZ7ckmDn pic.twitter.com/9Bj0R37spz

— Slate (@Slate) December 3, 2018

In the @washingtonpost, read this piece on the WI & MI power grabs by @ColbyItkowitz & @feliciasonmez. First quote: @Tony4WI's dead-accurate characterization of the power grabs as "a repudiation of the last election."https://t.co/EpdXfPDQvq

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 3, 2018

And in Michigan, Republicans have legislation that would allow the legislature, instead of the Attorney General, to intervene in court cases, and take campaign finance oversight away from the Secretary of State. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/pQ6k8YdnTR

— Hardball (@hardball) December 4, 2018

Doing the same in MI. Detroit Free Press: Michigan GOP wants to limit elected women's powerhttps://t.co/IVqEYyFIU0

— Just Plain Bill (@vincewlaw) December 1, 2018

THREAD: Local Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are using their lame-duck session to take power away from incoming Democratic governments. pic.twitter.com/u9fXBXHHyU

— Hardball (@hardball) December 4, 2018

It’s not just Wisconsin.

After Michigan Republicans had their worst statewide wipe-out since 1938, the profoundly (and illegally) gerrymandered GOP State House and Senate have launched a smash-and-grab attack on democracy, workers and — even! — puppies.https://t.co/qPzgSqZ0N7

— LOLGOP👀 (@LOLGOP) December 3, 2018

Has there been a single prominent national Republican expressing concern about possible fraud in North Carolina? Because they were really losing their marbles over lawful but slow vote counting last month.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 4, 2018

So where are all those Republicans who have been super concerned about election integrity? Kobach? Any thoughts on NC-9, where there's actually evidence of potential fraud?

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 4, 2018

Get caught up on what the hell is going on in North Carolina's 9th district.

(HINT: It looks bad. Real bad.)https://t.co/T9U5wLft19

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 4, 2018

Like the woman I interviewed yesterday, Kinlaw never mailed the ballots. She gave them to McCrae Dowless. She doesn't know what he did with them afterward. She says she has no doubt Dowless wanted Mark Harris and Sheriff Jim McVicker to win. pic.twitter.com/8zQeZvFo4g

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 4, 2018

NEW via @amyegardner @ludkmr: North Carolina election-fraud investigation centers on operative with criminal history who worked for GOP congressional candidate https://t.co/OVAWuoJIO7

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) December 4, 2018

so after all those baseless assertions about 2016 voter fraud from Trump, Kobach and other GOP pols, biggest instance of 2018 fraud appears to have occurred on behalf of conservative GOP pastor-candidate whose campaign hired a felon who stole ballots from elderly black Dem voters https://t.co/JvdHXjWrlZ

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 4, 2018

Republicans looking for examples of election fraud and vote-rigging should look at the NC-9 congressional election. Yet because the fraud involves a GOP candidate, they are silent. Just like they were in VA-2. https://t.co/6JAZm8JmIe

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 1, 2018

A stunning statistic as more details come out about the Republican election fraud scheme to help Mark Harris win North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, where his 905 vote lead is within the potential margin of the alleged fraud #NC09 https://t.co/u1OBIUvy7k pic.twitter.com/QqPoc1vR3z

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) December 2, 2018

“I think there are a lot of missing absentee ballots from Black and American-Indian voters and I don’t have an answer for where those are and it’s deeply troubling.” — Allison Riggs of @scsj on the #NC09 House race. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/VB8k2PYMOg

— Hardball (@hardball) December 4, 2018

That does seem more and more likely with each passing day. https://t.co/gh7Imja7t8

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 3, 2018

This is roughly my view on this race right now. pic.twitter.com/KKt2I7CPyR

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 3, 2018

What in the world… https://t.co/qVdEsY08YG

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) December 3, 2018

This is from a This American Life episode from *2 years ago*. This guy McCrae Dowless, who worked for a contractor to the @MarkHarrisNC9 campaign, was credibly accused of using the same exact scheme two years ago involving absentee ballots in the same county (Bladen Co). https://t.co/SNyvtjS3H4

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 3, 2018

State officials have begun to explore whether testimonies of fraud could help explain statistical irregularities in the absentee vote count for the Ninth District, which had previously been called by a margin of nine hundred and five votes. https://t.co/y68Gjslglp

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 2, 2018

NCSBE has started to post documents.

Exhibit 4.2.1.1

Included is an absentee voters "know your rights" flyer. "Only you or your near relative or legal guardian can mail or deliver your ballot to the elections office." #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/91MenYePUY

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 4, 2018

Shoutout to the Charlotte Observer for getting on top and staying on top of the vote fraud scandal swirling around Republican House candidate Mark Harris. Local news matters. https://t.co/LtlBjoNamh

— (((JonathanWeisman))) (@jonathanweisman) December 3, 2018

The NC GOP is trying to rush through a law that would REQUIRE every county elections board in NC to be chaired by a Republican in election years. These guys just can't stop trying to rig elections.

— Daniel Jacobson (@Dan_F_Jacobson) December 4, 2018

Projection: T.J. Cox (D) has defeated Rep. David Valadao (R) in #CA21, an upset that brings Dems to a *40 seat* gain overall.

Final House breakdown: 235D, 200R.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 28, 2018

Cox declares victory. He lost the top-two primary 62-37, which is why everyone scurried away from the race. Let's not presume the primary=the general in California anymore https://t.co/Qsab18vdns

— David Dayen (@ddayen) November 28, 2018

It's far from final. Will go higher. https://t.co/gukY1YywYh

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 27, 2018

Democrats won the House with the largest margin of victory in history for either party, according to NBC News election data. https://t.co/GqBtu4lAzT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 26, 2018

Democrats won House popular vote by largest midterm margin since Watergate, @NBCNews data shows. https://t.co/XpGvImsydp

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 23, 2018

A big problem with this piece is that moderate/conservative Democrats also performed much worse in rural areas as compared with 2012. Check out Joe Manchin in 2012 vs 2018, for example.https://t.co/UWt4Y8WQli pic.twitter.com/i3PCZBt5Ov

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 25, 2018

Here's another example of this point. Gillum, who favored abolishing ICE and Medicare-For-All, got about the same number of votes, in the same areas as Bill Nelson, a more establishment Democrat who backed neither of those ideas. https://t.co/BjmDNp0nY3 https://t.co/Shp5ru1LgY

— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) November 25, 2018

coulda made it from ‘06, would been even more unsightly for Ds

2 points: first, no implication that the cause of the worsening margins was bc of progressive candidates. that’s why i made the pt about “more conventional candidates” suffering the same probhttps://t.co/oMGgCkPZnq

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 25, 2018

Before the election, 58% of the population had a GOP governor. After the election, it's 47%.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 27, 2018

A simple regression controlling for incumbency and the pvi (75% 2016 and 25% 2012) based on other 2018 Senate results suggests Hyde-Smith should win by 7 tonight. Let's see where we end up.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 27, 2018