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Ari Berman

@ariberman

Author: Minority Rule, Give Us the Ballot & Herding Donkeys
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Voting rights reporter: @motherjones
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"The takeover of much of Georgia’s election apparatus offers a distressing vision of the future if Trump returns to the White House, one in which the federal government is run by zealots whose only qualification is their fealty to Trump" motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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🚨Georgia's election is at risk. Despite courts blocking the MAGA Election Board's "unconstitutional" rule changes, the threat of election deniers disrupting democracy looms. Here's how MAGA allies plan to plunge Georgia into chaos and help Trump challenge the results. ⬇️

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.Ari Berman and Justin Glawe have a new story out breaking down how Trump-connected election deniers are driving MAGA’s efforts to help Trump contest the 2024 election. Highly recommend reading this piece in full. Below I'll outline some key points. ⬇️ motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Very important: 23 states + DC have Election Day registration You can register & cast ballot at same time in AK CA CO CT DC HI ID IL IA ME MD MI MN MT NV NH NM RI UT VT VA WA WI WY

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Amazing stat: 8 of 10 states with highest turnout in 2020 had Election Day registration. If you’re not registered, you can register & vote today in these states 👇👇

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57% supported abortion rights ballot initiative in Florida. That's strong majority support. It only failed because Florida is one of only states that requires supermajority to pass ballot initiatives. That's a form of minority rule

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If Mitch McConnell had used his power to lobby Republicans to convict Trump on impeachment charges after Jan 6 he never would have been able to run for president again

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Ohio Republicans, who passed gerrymandered maps that were struck down 7x by courts, brazenly rigged anti-gerrymandering initiative to trick voters into thinking it would promote gerrymandering. An unbelievably brazen abuse of power motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Last night gerrymandered NC GOP House passed massive power grab in lame duck session stripping power from Dem gov & AG and giving GOP control over state and county election boards. Incredibly dangerous and anti-democratic motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Breaking: NC GOP legislature just passed massive power grab in lame duck session stripping power from Dem gov & AG and giving GOP control over state + county election boards. Snuck into hurricane relief bill. Incredibly undemocratic motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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One of the key lessons from 2024: Dems can’t just run on preserving democracy. They need to convince skeptical voters democracy is worth saving, can improve people's lives & outline an alternative vision for reforming a broken system motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Breaking: North Carolina GOP Legislature overrides Gov Cooper veto & passes lame-duck power grab stripping power from Dem gov & AG and taking control of state/local election boards. Incredibly brazen effort to nullify 3 million votes cast for Dems in 2024 & rig future elections

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What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race motherjones.com/politics/2024/…