DOJ Unveils Legal Basis for Nationwide Voter Data Collection Efforts
The Trump administration just dropped a bombshell with a new legal opinion that paves the way for nationwide voter data collection, sparking heated debate over federal oversight in election administration. But not everyone is buying it - Vermont's Secretary of State dismissed the memo as mere fantasy.
#NationState #VoterDataCollection #ElectionAdministration #FederalOversight #CivilRightsAct
Voting Rights Essential Guide to Defending American Democracy
Voting Rights explained - how Americans can lawfully stop voter intimidation and protect democratic elections.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/voting-rights/
Election Ballot Seizure Precedent Creates Dangerous Political Escalation
Election Ballot Seizure Precedent exposes how illegal ballot seizures risk mutual escalation and long-term damage to U.S. election integrity.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/election-ballot-seizure-precedent/
Election Interference in 2026 U.S. Midterms A Constitutional Stress Test
Election Interference in 2026 U.S. Midterms examines real risks, legal limits, and how Americans can protect democratic elections from political pressure.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/election-interference-in-2026-u-s-midterms/
Trump’s anti-trans SAVE Act saves no one and threatens everyone
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/opinion/save-act-threatens-everybody
Via #KyleCheney
JUST IN: Rep #JoeMorelle, top #Dem on the House Admin Committee — which oversees #ElectionAdministration — urges #AG #MerrickGarland and #DOJ to investigate the #robocall imitating #JoeBiden's voice that has been circulating in #NewHampshire.
Counting votes and running elections should not be dangerous tasks. But here we are.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kill-them-arizona-election-workers-face-midterm-threats-2022-11-06/
American authoritarianism is actively working to undermine and erode this county's election administration infrastructure, replacing it with hollowed-out offices led by ideological cronies.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-should-you-care-about-your-secretary-of-state
But this is the logical conclusion of decades of Republican discourse, from Ronald Reagan saying that government is the problem to Donald Trump's "Deep State".
If you want to be correct that 'government doesn't work', the most effective path is to get into governance and to break it, ensuring it doesn't work.
#Elections #elections2022 #electionadministration #democracy
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