The Republican Attack Upon the Right to Vote: Experts flag extremely worrisome trend

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Disclaimer: The following reports, articles and op-eds are being presented, not to foretell of doom or engage in 'concern trolling' but in the hopes that being forewarned and forearmed re the intentions, actions, and underhanded manipulations of the MAGA/GOP is better than being unaware and getting caught with one's trousers down. And while many of these stories have undoubtedly already been covered, there are perhaps a few who may have missed them.

Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back. Months before the midterm elections, Trump is trying to take over voting in America, with an executive order that instructs the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots unless the voters are on a new list of approved citizens.

Yet, for every move Trump has made, there’s been a countermove. And the pushback has been fierce and increasingly successful.

Experts flag extremely worrisome trend as Trump’s election interference tactics spread Republican officials across multiple states are conducting aggressive investigations into prior elections, employing tactics including ballot seizures

Trump has already disclosed his harrowing blueprint for seizing election control: watchdog

Steve Bannon let slip the secrets of Trump’s sinister plan. Bannon crowed that ICE’s presence at airports and ‘looking for brown-skinned people’s IDs' was 'perfect training for the fall of 2026.'

Voting for Trump is costing Latinos their wealth Trump’s mass deportations, coupled with a stagnant economy and rising inflation, have cost Latinos their safety, security and wealth.

69 million women could lose voting rights if Trump’s SAVE Act passes Senate People with names that don’t match their birth certificate could have to produce additional documents linking their past and current identities.

As a supreme court ruling looms, the US is dismantling Black voting power When you stack it all together – the erosion of the Voting Rights Act, the surge of restrictive state laws, the failure of Congress to act, the intimidation tactics, the push for voter roll data, the calls to seize control of election administration – the picture comes into focus. They are rebuilding Jim Crow in modern form.

MEANWHILE MORE MAGA TREACHERY:

DOJ wants a redo in floundering campaign to seize voter data from the states After facing a series of setbacks and outright dismissals in its legal battle to try to seize sensitive voter data from multiple states throughout the country, Trump’s justice department is asking courts in 13 states for a redo.

Virginia judge issues shock ruling on redistricting vote with big implications for midterms Judge Jack Hurley of Tazewell County Circuit Court barred state officials from certifying the voter approved referendum to allow the redrawing of the congressional map

Virginia’s voter-approved gerrymander quickly hit with court block A circuit court judge handed down an injunction to stop the redistricting that voters approved to open four seats for Democrats to win.

Swing state officials accused of secretly meeting to help Trump seize election files A Fulton county election board that supported Trump’s seizure of voting data, including copies of ballots, ballot images, and tabular data, had been meeting in secret, in violation of Georgia's Open Meeting Laws.

A California sheriff seized ballots, testing the limits of local power over elections Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor, seized ballots from a recent election, launched his own recount, and opened a criminal investigation into how the election was run.

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box ahead of 2024 elections won’t be charged Wausau Mayor Doug Diny's removal of a drop box from outside City Hall, was determined an ethics policy violation by the the city’s ethics board, but a state justice department investigation ‘found no basis’ for the charges.

Louisiana GOP Passes Bill Eliminating Calvin Duncan’s Office The GOP-led Louisiana Senate passed a bill eliminating the office that Calvin Duncan, a Black man who was exonerated after being imprisoned for decades, was elected to hold last November.

‘Never Seen Something So Barbaric’: Louisiana Republicans Pushed to Eliminate An Elected Position Won By Exonerated Black Man Calvin Duncan won 68 percent of the vote last November after pledging to reform the justice system