Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls. Zachary Roth reports. #Elections2024 lailluminator.com/2024/04/09/rep… via News from the States

NEW: Head of the RNC's “election integrity” dept spoke at a disinfo-filled online meeting hosted by anti-fraud activists who are close allies of Mike Lindell.

Other RNC staff also have recently reached out to large-scale purveyors of election lies.

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NEW: How Trump and the GOP are looking to use fears over immigration to bolster efforts to restrict voting.

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Amazing that Josh Dawsey did this whole story without mentioning the numerous lawsuits RNC has filed to restrict mail voting!

I can't read this because paywalled -- does it mention that they're also suing in multiple states to make mail voting harder? Probably a better indicator of their views on it... newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-ba…

NEW States rush to combat AI threat to elections Zachary Roth News from the States shar.es/ag2Mqr

Via @ZackRoth: Republican AGs have advanced a string of arguments — some strikingly far-reaching — that appear designed to lay the groundwork for GOP legal victories in the event of a contested presidential vote, or to otherwise boost Trump and the party. alabamareflector.com/2024/03/18/to-…

NEW: To boost Trump, GOP AGs led by Steve Marshall have lately filed briefs in election cases to weaken civil rights laws, greenlight gerrymandered maps, and empower partisan state legislatures to set election rules.

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The GOP effort to get its voters to vote by mail was always in tension with its simultaneous effort to restrict mail voting, as we reported. Guess which side won out.

They've already been happening though...

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Very useful 'American Autocracy Threat Tracker' released by Just Security puts in one place all of Trump and his allies' anti-democratic plans once in office

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But the point is they are also trying to restrict it in court.

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states like Pennsylvania buff.ly/3wywj1Q by Zachary Roth

NEW: From Arizona to Pennsylvania & Nevada to North Carolina, GOP lawyers have launched a campaign to make it as hard as possible in key states to cast a valid mail ballot — often adopting strikingly anti-voter interpretations of the law

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NEW: Trump's pick for RNC chief worked with Cleta Mitchell's fraud-hunting group...

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A candidate for president who has already undermined democracy before and says he plans to do it again is leading in the polls.

So it's worth asking: How much do Americans really value democracy? Some recent surveys offer troubling answers...

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Excited to share that on Monday, I'll be joining NBC News Digital as a senior editor on the Enterprise team. Grateful for the opportunity to work with this talented crew.

NEW Iowa Medicaid process likely leaves poor off voter rolls, violates federal law, advocates say Zachary Roth Jared Strong iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/22/iow… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

NEW: Iowa is violating federal voting law by failing to make voter registration accessible to people on Medicaid, advocates say. With Jared Strong

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Who is the 'loyal and trusting man' in this story of Jesus's birth written by the Kansas GOP?