Wild & rare. There's a GOP primary in Florida in which an election denier is trying to take over the county's election system. In initial count, that candidate trailing by *2* votes. After machine recount: a tie. 12787 votes to 12787 votes. Manual recount next.

Update: Kemp’s office is asking the AG for guidance on whether he has the authority to remove members of the State Election Board. Voting rights groups, Democrats and even some Republicans have raised alarms about the rightwing majority’s recent votes. #gapol

Six of the false electors from 2020 have been renominated by Michigan Republicans to serve as Trump electors in 2024, including Meshawn Maddock, who used an anti-gay slur in a tweet last week: detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

LEGAL BEAT Damages phase of Stephen Richer—MaricopaCountyRecorder (prsnl acct)’s defamation suit vs Kari Lake could take big step forward Monday. Lake has court-ordered deadline today to produce docs that could show whether campaign profited from false statements or fact-checked them. bit.ly/3T3hmNS

Judge sets 2026 trial date for Arizona alternate-electors case washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

Messaging on new Trump campaign website to make it easier for supporters to request a mail-in ballot: "Do your part to guarantee we win by more than the Margin of Fraud" swampthevoteusa.com

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Tennessee sent out notices in June to 14,375 people it suspected of being non-citizens on its voter rolls. At least 3,200 wrote back and said they were citizens -- extremely high error rate for the state. fox59.com/news/national-…

An Alabama voter said he had been wrongfully flagged as a non-citizen on the voter rolls because the Alabama Department of Labor made an error on a form waff.com/2024/08/29/us-… via Nick Balenger

New voters have registered in droves in Georgia since Kamala Harris entered the presidential race, especially Black, Hispanic and young voters, according to state election data. #gapol ajc.com/politics/many-…

Mark was kind to provide me with the GA file the AJC obtained for this story. One of the striking things I saw was the rise in "17.5" registrations -- young people who will be 18 by November but are still 17

New PA Commonwealth Court ruling: Rejecting undated/wrongly dated mail ballots “submitted by otherwise eligible voters because of meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors violates the fundamental right to vote recognized in” state constitution’s elections clause.

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani, seek control over the former mayor's assets, including apartments, Yankees memorabilia, Mercedes-Benz, luxury watches theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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