NEW: The Democratic Party has filed a powerful new lawsuit to challenge the election subversion rules passed by the Trump-endorsed members of the Georgia State Elections Board.

Paige and I break it down and explain. https://t.co/y3ddfBkqSM
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 29, 2024

NEW: The DNC and Georgia Democratic Party sue the Georgia State Election Board over new rules that could delay election certification this fall. Democrats ask the court to rule that certification is mandatory and officials cannot delay or refuse to certify.https://t.co/qjERwl2sov
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) August 26, 2024

.@BrianKempGA, what’s uncertain? https://t.co/1YNleiKdwl pic.twitter.com/8US639jdlc
— Max Flugrath🗳️ (@MaxFlugrath) August 26, 2024

A former Fulton County election official who submitted an initial draft of the rule told ProPublica she had done so at the behest of a regional leader of a right-wing organization involved in challenging the legitimacy of American election systems. https://t.co/cFYUPTTnUu
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 29, 2024

NEW: Two right-wing activists — who have challenged the status of thousands of voters in Georgia — sue Fulton County election officials, claiming they are not properly maintaining the county’s voter rolls and are failing to respond to voter challenges. https://t.co/P68SCEuWQU
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) August 29, 2024

Trumpism’s route to the White House is paved with bricks of election theft in the battleground state

Source: the Guardian https://t.co/MjDE1Lgyof
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) August 29, 2024

Republican attacks on elections – Arizona

🧵ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA: In Arizona, election officials have faced death threats.

Poll workers have been harassed.

For days I have covered voter intimidation complaints.

A thread of just a portion of the comments I have received:
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) October 23, 2022

Trump’s legacy & Garland’s test: “Days after Maricopa County officials warned people to stop taking photos of voters and election staffers at ballot drop boxes, the Arizona Secretary of State's Office continues to refer complaints to the DoJ” https://t.co/fbOD6SOiux
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 22, 2022

Tucker said last night of the Arizona governor's race: "We’ve an absolute right to have it proven to us that the election was fair. If it is fair, Kari Lake’s going to win.” In other words, the proof that it's fair will be Kari Lake winning. https://t.co/pXioDlutoq
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 21, 2022

BREAKING: this is the voter intimidation complaint filed by an Arizona voter this week outside a drop box.

The complaint describes how a voter claims they were filmed, followed and accused of 'being a mule.' pic.twitter.com/u0bepYlmJz
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) October 20, 2022

The red state drive to roll back voter access rises into a whole new gear here w/GOP now trying to end mail voting in AZ. Pretty striking that @SenatorSinema made the decisive move to block new federal standards guaranteeing all voters access to mail voting. https://t.co/adKVFLL3pp
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 11, 2022

Republican attacks on elections – Nevada

The GOP nominee for Nevada elections chief is now pushing a preposterous claim that Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer and Nadler, who all represent staunchly Democratic communities and won their last races by 43 points or more, were not legitimately elected: https://t.co/bF4Q9KpGYl
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2022

It's not merely election denial. It's election subversion. The Big Lie about the past is, and has always been, in the service of seizing power in the future. https://t.co/IkQsVWLfMV
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 22, 2022

Republican election fraud case in New York State

A Republican elections board commissioner in New York was arrested yesterday on charges of carrying out a brazen ballot scheme that allowed him to cast votes in voters’ names.https://t.co/XlTyMEhr9i
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 14, 2022

Rensselaer County's Republican elections commissioner arrested by @AlbanyFBI as part of ongoing ballot fraud investigation https://t.co/CmM5v3JMKj via @TimesUnion
— Brendan Lyons (@Brendan_LyonsTU) September 13, 2022

Republicans who won’t accept primary losses are a preview of the future

Trump will never accept his 2020 loss. This has inspired other Republicans in primaries and will carry over to general elections. They are also refusing to count votes, another tactic they could use to sabotage fair elections.

So if the contest for control of the House is close, and if several individual seats are close, and if we won't know results for some of those (e.g. in CA) for days–don't we need to be preparing for widespread GOP election denial and fraud claims and refusal to accept results?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 15, 2022

Mark Finchem, a full-throated MAGA warrior, is a leading contender to be Arizona’s next secretary of state. He has said that he won’t concede if he loses. https://t.co/T7XeXsKLqP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2022

This is how Republicans are planning to steal elections in the future. By refusing to count lawful votes and then certifying incomplete and inaccurate results, Republicans hope to create a veneer of legitimacy around an illegitimate outcome. https://t.co/GTFM01tWXy
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 31, 2022

Many Republican running for positions of control over elections are quite literally campaigning on a vow to break their oaths of office, by treating future losses as non-binding.

This insurrectionist drift has become something akin to a social movement:https://t.co/WkFX6OAmmH pic.twitter.com/5Qcs3tqPgz
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 1, 2022

Right-wing extremist Wisconsin Supreme Court

How can we expect fair elections when they won’t accept the results of one?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision prohibiting ballot drop boxes includes outrageously irresponsible language questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election results and drawing comparisons to elections in North Korea and Syria. https://t.co/nwqJTpfBmr pic.twitter.com/yWpzHI2C9z
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 8, 2022

The Wisconsin law in question: "The envelope shall be mailed by the elector, or delivered in person, to the municipal clerk issuing the ballot or ballots."

There's legitimate room for disagreement about the legality of dropboxes. But not about the legitimacy of past elections.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 8, 2022

In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court bans the use of ballot drop boxes. https://t.co/Y9zVM3v1NV
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) July 8, 2022

Republicans continue with their plan to win elections by making it harder to vote https://t.co/VbqYhfXKYG
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 8, 2022

The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an opinion declaring that "everyone" should "question the legitimacy" of the 2020 election results because illegal votes "polluted" Biden's victory.

The courts are not going to save us. The courts are the problem. https://t.co/5ey67Yt5xQ @Slate pic.twitter.com/2zHXiuCMg2
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 8, 2022

More on the terrible Independent State Legislature theory

.@BeschlossDC on SCOTUS deciding to take up the case on state authority over elections: “There’s a possibility that we may have seen our last fair and free presidential election.” pic.twitter.com/1ukn0q5JK0
— Lauren Peikoff (@laurenpeikoff) July 2, 2022

Yes. The independent state legislature theory doesn’t really have much to do with this. Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t blow a huge hole in checks and balances, though! https://t.co/R8AzpiiKZs
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 2, 2022

The justices will consider “independent legislature theory,” which some legal theorists describe as a literal reading of the Constitution.

Voting rights advocates fear it could let state lawmakers twist election laws to favor one party. https://t.co/nZ9JsEOGiF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2022

With SCOTUS taking up the independent state legislature doctrine, this raises the obvious question:
What do you do when the Supreme Court gives up on political equality?
You change the rules to stop relying on the courts.
w/ @aziz_huq in @DemJournal https://t.co/9jn2UE6gBA pic.twitter.com/5TwwzjG1Kt
— Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 (@leedrutman) July 1, 2022

Keep an eye on Moore v. Harper–a coming Supreme Court case that could have huge implications for elections and our democracy: https://t.co/AGo5C4HxOt
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 1, 2022

A MUST READ: Step #17 of the thread is legally wrong, but that gives me no assurance that the radical antidemocratic wing of the #TrumpPacked SCOTUS won’t buy it hook, line, and sinker. And then we’d be totally fucxxd. Only mass public mobilization NOW can stave off this disaster https://t.co/m85q6praRo
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 2, 2022

One lesson from the Democratic failure to respond to the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

It’s pathetic that the Democratic Party didn’t have a response ready when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There were months, even years to prepare for this.

We should learn from this error and be better prepared for the next Supreme Court sessions. It is possible (I would say probable) that the Supreme Court will endorse the extremist Independent State Legislatures theory. Republican legislatures can bypass the will of voters and the impact of their state courts and make electoral decisions that benefit their candidates.

What can be done to prevent this decision? We need much more publicity now on how bad it would be.

What can be done to blunt the impact if the Court does support the theory?

We should start thinking about this now, not wait until the Court acts. Obviously, there is no action to extreme for the current group of justices so we must prepare for the worst.

Next Supreme Court term could support the terrible independent state legislature theory

The radical independent state legislature theory gives extreme control of elections to states. The Supreme Court (R) has agreed to hear a case about it in the next term. They could make yet another terrible decision.

Just in: In an election case out of North Carolina, SCOTUS agrees to review the "independent state legislature" theory next term. Under that theory, state legislatures have broad power to set rules for federal elections, even if state courts say those rules are unconstitutional.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2022

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Will Hear Moore v. Harper, the Independent State Legislature Theory Case from North Carolina; This Case Could Severely Curtail the Ability of State Courts to Protect Voting Rights and Stop Partisan Gerrymandering https://t.co/9sIC6NAbNB
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) June 30, 2022

A major, major election case to be heard by SCOTUS next term.

This concerns the "independent state legislature theory" which argues state legislatures have the authority over federal elections without checks from state constitutions or state courts.https://t.co/m6YUKgJ5iE
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) June 30, 2022

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court grants cert to review North Carolina redistricting case. This will be a CRITICAL case for democracy next term as the Court will consider the GOP's radical "Independent State Legislature" theory.https://t.co/xJgagh0pVW pic.twitter.com/eqCvacD8Np
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) June 30, 2022

BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up a case about the independent state legislature doctrine for next term, which could give state legislatures far greater power over all manner of election laws. https://t.co/R2jTEKWoeT
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2022

This is EXACTLY WHY the SC is taking this case. WI, PA, GA, NC: Swing states where GOP has gerrymandered guaranteed control of the state leg.

If the situation were reversed and Dems had semi-permanent control of those legislatures, would the court be doing this? Of course not. https://t.co/6FNC9GI33Y
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) July 1, 2022

🚨SCOTUS will hear 2 critical voting/election cases in Fall.

Merrill v Milligan–GOP wants to undermine Sec 2 of VRA.

Moore v Harper–GOP wants to strip state courts of power to limit legislatures in election cases.

Democracy is literally on the docket.https://t.co/8iFP5fL7em
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 1, 2022

Category: Election subversion

Trump’s attacks on fair elections

More tweets on Republican efforts to sabotage elections in Georgia