Listen OccasionallyNov 8, 2022
Seth Masket
No better signal that your elections are on the up-and-up than preventing federal observers from watching. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/justice-department-monitors-florida-desantis/
Florida, Missouri tell Justice Department voting monitors to stay outside polling places

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration said the federal government’s involvement would be “counterproductive” and violate state law.

The Washington Post
Nov 8, 2022 at 7:28pmWeb
Show threadRobot TaylorNov 8, 2022
@smotus
Shades of 1950-60s south. I'm very worried about democracy in the US.
Show threadAaronNov 8, 2022
@smotus while I agree, didn't Dem states object to Trump DOJ observers? Or am I misremembering.
Show threadSeth MasketNov 8, 2022
@afhomer I'm not familiar with this. Do you have a cite?
Show threadAaronNov 8, 2022
@smotus can't find it now, so I'm probably misremembering.
Show threadAaronNov 8, 2022
@smotus I think I was confusing this story (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trump-attempted-to-use-federal-agencies-to-seize-voting-machines-after-2020-election) with election observers.
How Trump attempted to use federal agencies to seize voting machines after 2020 election

The New York Times is reporting that six weeks after the 2020 election former President Trump directed his attorney Rudy Guiliani to ask the Department of Homeland Security if it could take possession of voting machines in key swing states. New York Times congressional correspondent Luke Broadwater joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

PBS NewsHour
Show threadRobert WetzelNov 8, 2022
@smotus you know how we spent millions looking for fraud in 2020. Well guess what, when we look for fraud in red states this time…we’ll find it and fix it! Yeah, we’re talking to you repugnicans