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Cleta Mitchells anti-voting group released a sweeping new model laws handbook Thursday that urges lawmakers and election officials to severely restrict mail-in voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, impose rigorous ID requirements, conduct mass voter challenges and empower officials to deny and delay certification.
The release by the Election Integrity Network (EIN) marks a dangerous escalation from one of the most influential election denial operations in right-wing politics. It outlines a vision that would transform voting from a fundamental democratic right to a complicated, rule-bound process accessible only to those who can navigate a maze of requirements.
Today, Election Integrity Network releases the Model Election Laws Handbook, wrote Mitchell, the lawyer who joined President Donald Trumps infamous call pressuring Georgias chief election official to find enough votes to overturn Joe Bidens 2020 victory, in a post on X. It is a total framework for repairing the damage done to our election systems by the left.
The handbook is framed as a state-by-state legislative guide for election integrity. But its proposals are rooted in the same distrust of elections and conspiracy-laden claims about fraud, noncitizen voting and corrupt election officials that have animated the GOPs anti-voting push since 2020.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/cleta-mitchells-election-denial-network-releases-new-blueprint-to-severely-restrict-voting/
jmbar2
(8,165 posts)I volunteered in 2024 as an election observer in a small Oregon town. We were matched with volunteers from her group. They came in with detailed instructions to try to mess with the ballot counting by raising numerous stupid objections and spreading rumors about last minute ballot stuffing by "mules". It caused some vigilante types to hang around the ballot drop off boxes in a way that could be scary to some.
If you have a chance to volunteer at coming elections, be sure and read through this manual to know what they're up to.
Fiendish Thingy
(24,033 posts)Its gonna be Opposite Day, where the exact opposite of every item on her list is enacted into law.