This is, IMO, going to be a big topic in the coming year. Republicans have stated their aim to make voting more restrictive in just about every state where they have the means to do so. Democrats would like to pass the Voting Rights Bill named after John Lewis. I’m going to go look up the map of all the states which have pending legislation to restrict voting. Now that we have the election in the rear view, I thought we could try to make this a general discussion thread, where people who have concerns about voting abuses can post as well and we can discuss it from both sides. Please keep memes out of this thread and put them in the boards where we go to talk about the other side, lol.
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PHOENIX — Fresh off losing a campaign for sheriff, Pinal County Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh (R) voted “under duress” in August to certify the county’s primary election results.
This week, he threatened to sue the Arizona county that employs him, claiming — much like President Donald Trump did after his 2020 defeat — that the election had been rigged against him.
In a formal notification signaling he intends to pursue a legal claim, Cavanaugh alleged that the Republican county recorder and five other election officials conspired to “modify the results” of the July 30 primary election.
board term does not end until the end of the year, so he will play a role in certifying the general election results, including the presidential race. Cavanaugh has said he will fulfill his duty to accept those results, but his handling of his own loss worries county and state election officials.
Cavanaugh lost his primary race for sheriff by a 2-1 margin. He did not go to court to try to contest his defeat. Instead, he is putting county officials on alert through a “notice of claim” — a precursor to a lawsuit typically used by people who have suffered harm caused by government institutions — that he may sue the county for his electoral loss.
In doing so, Cavanaugh is opening a new front in this battleground state in how those skeptical of election outcomes can work outside the traditional court system to try to prove their alleged claims of election interference, election experts and lawyers said.
“We’re trying to put out fires, but the arsonist is in our house,” said one person familiar with the sentiments of county officials about the claim, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly. “He’s using his seat of power to undermine elections to undo all the good we’ve done to try to restore faith.”
Cavanaugh said his claims were based on a “statistical and data analysis” that was “reviewed by the chief data scientist with a Fortune 100 company who agreed the numbers had clearly been changed.”
He said the county’s video footage of tabulation activities “is highly suspect,” although he provided no evidence to support that statement.
The previously unreported claim escalates a weeks-long dispute between Cavanaugh, the recorder and the rest of the county governing board about the accuracy of the county’s election systems.
Those systems, like elsewhere around the nation, have been strained by misinformation, public records requests filed by fraud-hunting citizen groups and candidates unwilling to accept their losses.
claim is certain to draw even more concern about how the once-sleepy county southeast of Phoenix will approach problems — real or imagined — that could arise during the November general election…….
This week, he threatened to sue the Arizona county that employs him, claiming — much like President Donald Trump did after his 2020 defeat — that the election had been rigged against him.
In a formal notification signaling he intends to pursue a legal claim, Cavanaugh alleged that the Republican county recorder and five other election officials conspired to “modify the results” of the July 30 primary election.
board term does not end until the end of the year, so he will play a role in certifying the general election results, including the presidential race. Cavanaugh has said he will fulfill his duty to accept those results, but his handling of his own loss worries county and state election officials.
Cavanaugh lost his primary race for sheriff by a 2-1 margin. He did not go to court to try to contest his defeat. Instead, he is putting county officials on alert through a “notice of claim” — a precursor to a lawsuit typically used by people who have suffered harm caused by government institutions — that he may sue the county for his electoral loss.
In doing so, Cavanaugh is opening a new front in this battleground state in how those skeptical of election outcomes can work outside the traditional court system to try to prove their alleged claims of election interference, election experts and lawyers said.
“We’re trying to put out fires, but the arsonist is in our house,” said one person familiar with the sentiments of county officials about the claim, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly. “He’s using his seat of power to undermine elections to undo all the good we’ve done to try to restore faith.”
Cavanaugh said his claims were based on a “statistical and data analysis” that was “reviewed by the chief data scientist with a Fortune 100 company who agreed the numbers had clearly been changed.”
He said the county’s video footage of tabulation activities “is highly suspect,” although he provided no evidence to support that statement.
The previously unreported claim escalates a weeks-long dispute between Cavanaugh, the recorder and the rest of the county governing board about the accuracy of the county’s election systems.
Those systems, like elsewhere around the nation, have been strained by misinformation, public records requests filed by fraud-hunting citizen groups and candidates unwilling to accept their losses.
claim is certain to draw even more concern about how the once-sleepy county southeast of Phoenix will approach problems — real or imagined — that could arise during the November general election…….
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rule passed last week, which bipartisan election officials in Georgia say will delay the counting of votes in November, was introduced by an election denier who appears to believe in various rightwing conspiracies and whose apparent experience in elections dates only to February.
The rule – which requires poll workers to hand-count ballots at polling locations – was passed by an election-denier majority on the Georgia state election board on Friday. It was introduced by Sharlene Alexander, a Donald Trump supporter and member of the Fayette county board of elections, who was appointed to her position in February. Alexander’s Facebook page alludes to a belief in election conspiracies, the Guardian has found.
Alexander is one of 12 people – all election deniers – who have introduced more than 30 rules to the state election board since May, according to meeting agendas and summaries reviewed by the Guardian. Of those, the board has approved several, including two that give county election officials more discretion to refuse to certify election results, in addition to Alexander’s hand-count rule.
Alexander’s lack of experience in elections underscores the recent phenomena of unelected, inexperienced activists in Georgia’s election-denial movement successfully lobbying the state election board to pass rules favored by conspiracists. Democrats, voting rights advocates and some Republicans have said the rules are not just outside the authority of the state election board, but may result in delays in the processing and certification of results.
“There is widespread, bipartisan opposition to these anti-voter rule changes and opposition from the local elections officials, as well as experts in the field,” Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of the voting rights group Fair Fight, said in a statement. Groh-Wargo noted that Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state, and bipartisan county election officials from across the state as well as former governors Nathan Deal and Roy Barnes have said the recently passed rules are “destroying confidence” in Georgia’s election systems.…….
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The rule – which requires poll workers to hand-count ballots at polling locations – was passed by an election-denier majority on the Georgia state election board on Friday. It was introduced by Sharlene Alexander, a Donald Trump supporter and member of the Fayette county board of elections, who was appointed to her position in February. Alexander’s Facebook page alludes to a belief in election conspiracies, the Guardian has found.
Alexander is one of 12 people – all election deniers – who have introduced more than 30 rules to the state election board since May, according to meeting agendas and summaries reviewed by the Guardian. Of those, the board has approved several, including two that give county election officials more discretion to refuse to certify election results, in addition to Alexander’s hand-count rule.
Alexander’s lack of experience in elections underscores the recent phenomena of unelected, inexperienced activists in Georgia’s election-denial movement successfully lobbying the state election board to pass rules favored by conspiracists. Democrats, voting rights advocates and some Republicans have said the rules are not just outside the authority of the state election board, but may result in delays in the processing and certification of results.
“There is widespread, bipartisan opposition to these anti-voter rule changes and opposition from the local elections officials, as well as experts in the field,” Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of the voting rights group Fair Fight, said in a statement. Groh-Wargo noted that Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state, and bipartisan county election officials from across the state as well as former governors Nathan Deal and Roy Barnes have said the recently passed rules are “destroying confidence” in Georgia’s election systems.…….
The election deniers with a chokehold on Georgia’s state election board
The Republican secretary of state and two ex-governors have said the new rules are ‘destroying confidence’ in Georgia’s election systems
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