The Trump campaign is contacting local election offices, telling them to ignore their states' election laws –>

“The NC Republican Party advises you to not follow the procedures,” Trump campaign operative Heather Ford wrote in an emailhttps://t.co/NkwkN8KPej

— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) October 5, 2020

Ohio GOP has made it so that there is only 1 early voting location & 1 location to drop off mail ballots per county, regardless of population size. Dem counties are much bigger than GOP ones. Heavily Dem Franklin (1.3 million people) has the same as heavily GOP Vinton (13,000) https://t.co/AlGvQr9TsY

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 6, 2020

John Oliver urged Americans to come up with a concrete voting plan after breaking down the ways President Donald Trump and other Republicans are trying to suppress votes or undermine confidence in the results https://t.co/joMaIcd5KN pic.twitter.com/cRkf9g4pzP

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 5, 2020

BREAKING: Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November presidential election, Michigan authorities said https://t.co/ux04qFxHIb

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 1, 2020

More voter suppression. Still think your vote doesn’t matter? https://t.co/xEhQpL5GB9

— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) October 1, 2020

This is very bad. Donald Trump Jr. is now telling supporters that millions of mail ballots *will inevitably* be fraudulent, as part of a plot to "steal the election." Let's be clear: This is an effort to create cover for mass voter suppression. New piece:https://t.co/lgUdk8DpLz

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 22, 2020

NEW: Colorado's Secretary of State @JenaGriswold tells me she urged @USPS not to send postcards she says contain "misinformation" about voting in Colo.

USPS did it anyway.

Now, she is suing LOUIS DeJOY & USPS, alleging an "attempt at voter suppression." https://t.co/IYSsaeLfKT

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 12, 2020

Colorado is suing Dejoy and the @USPS for making false statements to Colorado voters–including military voters– that will result in voter suppression.

It's only September… pic.twitter.com/tlDUQ99pdy

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 12, 2020

The results are astonishing. Of the more than 300,000 names that were purged from the rolls — nearly 4% of the total number of registered voters in the state — the study discovered that 198,351 Georgia voters were wrongly purged, a 63.3% error rate. https://t.co/QgkbIMD67I

— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) September 4, 2020

BREAKING: New expert analysis of GA long-lines during primary shows outrageous racial disparity:

➡️Average minimum voting wait time in the evening in minority areas was 51 minutes.

➡️In white areas, the average was 6 minutes.

This is why we sued and why we must win! pic.twitter.com/lpHghKOEwq

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 2, 2020

“The state of Georgia has likely removed nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens from the voter rolls for wrongfully concluding that those people had moved and not changed the address on their voter registration, when in fact they never moved…” https://t.co/vvGFoQAI2a

— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) September 2, 2020

Trump is moving in unprecedented ways to suppress voting by any means (including Election Day intimidation). But as on many fronts he's not a departure 4 GOP but a culmination of red state voter ID, closing polls, limiting early vote etc since John Roberts eviscerated #VRA in 13

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 23, 2020

Hi yes the GOP was under a 36 year restriction from that kind of active voter suppression under the guise of “security.” @TheDemocrats @DNC @DNCWarRoom and @ACLU and state AGs must challenge this in court IMMEDIATELY.https://t.co/IdL8rjHAKR

— Locke's Valentine (@LockeUnfiltered) August 21, 2020

This is extremely disturbing voter suppression

In 1980s GOP placed police officers at black & Hispanic precincts in NJ to intimidate voters of color. That led to 30 year consent decree against party

Now Trump campaign recruiting 50,000 poll watchers to challenge Dems at polls https://t.co/bEg5nGeR0c

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 21, 2020

“Trump believes that his unfounded claims about mail voting are enough to discourage voters — that he can use the presidential ‘bully pulpit’ to achieve vote suppression" https://t.co/0SUvwYgr4c

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 17, 2020

Editorial board of ⁦@HoustonChron⁩ says it straight: Governor Abbott’s closure of ballot drop-off locations is voter suppression. Plain and simple. https://t.co/xvsqRgzBHy

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 3, 2020

Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location https://t.co/YB4GcIeJVz

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 2, 2020

Texas Democrats are planning to take Gov. Greg Abbott to federal court over his controversial move to shutter locations across the state where voters can drop off their mail-in ballots to be counted for the general election https://t.co/rfq8gE2wB4

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 1, 2020

Harris County clerk: “To force hundreds of thousands of seniors and voters with disabilities to use a single drop-off location in a county that stretches nearly 2,000 square miles is prejudicial and dangerous.” https://t.co/d7GHcvhLh3

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 1, 2020

Why?

—>> Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation limiting drop-off locations for mail-in ballots to one per county. 
 
The move significantly affects Harris County, the state's largest county by population, one of the largest in the country, and a Democratic stronghold.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 1, 2020

How GOP voter suppression works in Texas

-you can vote with gun permit but not student ID

-no online voter registration

-must be deputized to register voters

-voters under 65 can’t use fear of covid to vote by mail

-only 1 place to drop ballots off in huge Dem counties

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 1, 2020

Heres how we overcome this latest voter suppression bullshit: we call Texas voters tonight and ask them to make a plan to vote during Early Voting (12 days away). We cannot allow Abbott to deter, deny or defeat us. Sign up here and lets do the work to win: https://t.co/mpDxpOfSBb https://t.co/bWXh871YJ2

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 1, 2020

WaPo: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation limiting each of the state's counties to only one mail-in ballot drop-off location for the November election.

Texas Democrats immediately criticized Abbott's move as "a blatant voter suppression tactic."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 1, 2020

NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott limits election drop boxes to one per county. He says the move was made to enhance ballot security, but critics warn it could severely limit access for many voters https://t.co/JIg0lsVYJ4

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 1, 2020

The particular game here is that Texas has 254 counties, most of which are tiny. But also five counties with populations of over one million.

So the one drop-off point per county rule delivers a huge advantage to residents of those small rural counties. https://t.co/rA5hQoBuH9

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2020

To put this in perspective:
Washington DC:
68 square miles
700,000 residents
Dozens of ballot drop-off boxes

Harris County, Texas
1,777 square miles
4.7 million residents
1 ballot drop-off location https://t.co/LAbAeBMLbv

— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) October 1, 2020

BREAKING: In what will surely spark a Texas election controversy, Gov Greg Abbott is ordering counties to only operate one mail-in ballot drop-off location. Harris County had opened nearly a dozen drop sites in a county that's larger than Rhode Island. More details to come..

— ed lavandera (@edlavaCNN) October 1, 2020

This is Republican voter suppression at high level. You would think a governor who is disabled might show a little sensitivity to making voting more accessible to all Texans.Why are Republicans afraid of more people voting? @GregAbbott_TX https://t.co/QIwhzdwEyI

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) October 1, 2020

This is voter suppression in action, a conscious effort to make it much harder to vote in urban areas — which are more Black, Hispanic & Democratic — than in rural areas. It’s blatant discrimination, made easier by a a right-wing Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/CIj2hmN3nt

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) October 1, 2020

For those of you not from Texas, Harris County includes Houston, and has more people than 24 states. It will have one drop box. https://t.co/IdnDihT38v

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) October 1, 2020

"This has President Trump written all over it with the Governor changing the rules with 33 days until the most important election of our lifetime to make it harder to vote," says Clay Jenkins. https://t.co/pjNd0Ji5LN

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 2, 2020

Pennsylvania Republicans plan to appeal mail ballot deadline ruling to U.S. Supreme Court https://t.co/l8STYB4tMU

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 23, 2020

🚨UPDATE: Last night the Pennsylvania Federal Court DISMISSED GOP naked ballots and third-party ballot delivery claims. Court also ruled that it will continue to ABSTAIN from ballot drop-box site claims and notice requirements. More here re next steps👇https://t.co/xHdwqx0X0B

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 23, 2020

They're called 'naked ballots'. Tonight, there's concern they could disenfranchise 100,000 Pennsylvania voters. In 2016, the state was decided by 44,000 votes.

Key reminder: Ballot goes into secrecy envelope, both go into outer, declaration envelope.https://t.co/cPLTbu2tWd pic.twitter.com/Zk5jNbFAsb

— David Kaplan (@DKaplanWTAE) September 22, 2020

Calling all billionaires with a belief in democracy!@chrislhayes explains how “naked ballots” could cost Joe Biden the Pennsylvania vote and why an educational campaign is more important than ever. pic.twitter.com/xfnFO21s0D

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) September 23, 2020

Look, regardless of the outcome, 80-100k or more PA ballots being tossed out on a technicality is a foreseeable train wreck. Perhaps more national news outlets should be picking this up? https://t.co/wX65ghFUgP

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 22, 2020

In a letter to GOP state leg leaders, an election official warns 100K PA voters could be disenfranchised b/c of a ruling rejecting naked ballots. It "set PA up to be the subject of significant post-election legal controversy, the likes of which we have not seen since FL in 2000." pic.twitter.com/3ml96W00EX

— Holly Otterbein (@hollyotterbein) September 21, 2020

A few people brushed off my PA "naked ballots" scenario the other day as "concern trolling." In reality, it's a very serious issue.

Here is the *chairwoman of Philadelphia's city commissioners* warning that 30,000-40,000 mail ballots could be invalidated in Philadelphia ALONE. https://t.co/Wr0YCnBW1C

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 21, 2020

Just heard from a reporter in western PA who's about to uncover yet *another* county where the naked ballot rate was ~5% in June. This appears to be the norm, not the exception.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 22, 2020

“The state Supreme Court in PA, a critical battleground state that’s seen as increasingly likely to determine who wins the White House, last week ordered officials to throw out ‘naked ballots’ — mail ballots that arrive w/o inner ‘secrecy envelopes.’” 1/ https://t.co/vvEJCIft8g

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 (@jennycohn1) September 22, 2020

"Naked" ballot rules put thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in votes at risk, Philadelphia official warns https://t.co/fLJ9IkRsMo pic.twitter.com/SwfJfXyVlV

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 22, 2020