voter fraud
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When Old Racists Learn How to Use Twitter: Trump Tweet-Threatens to Withhold Funding to Michigan, Nevada Over Mail-in Voting
President Trump is what happens when old racists learn how to use Twitter. First, they figure out that the world can read what they are typing, and then they believe that they are important because they’ve successfully tweeted out something to the world. Over time, they become more relaxed and start to believe the power…
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Kentucky Republicans Override Gov. Andy Beshear's Veto of New Voter ID Laws
Are Republicans still even bothering to try to hide the fact that they just don’t want people voting? While the nation is in the midst of fighting a global pandemic, legislators in Republican-controlled Kentucky thought it was a good time to push new voter ID laws by citing the potential for rampant voter fraud—a thing…
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Florida Woman Tied to Organization Funded by Pro-Trump Dark Money Accused of Massive Voter Fraud: 'It's Just Really Bizarre'
There are different levels of “ain’t shit,” but Cheryl Hall is in a class of her own. ABC Action News reports that in her efforts to condemn our country to hell, the Claremont, Fla., resident has been accused of massive voter fraud. More specifically, she allegedly switched the party affiliations of voters while submitting their…
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Crystal Mason, Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Unknowingly Casting an Illegal Ballot, Speaks Out on Newfound Activism
Crystal Mason never intended to become an activist. But after being sentenced to five years in prison for unknowingly casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election, Mason committed herself to advocate for voting rights: On the day she was released from prison, Mason writes in a new op-ed for the Washington Post, she held…
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For Once, Trump Was Right: Florida Officials Admit to Widespread Voter Fraud
In a midterm election where hypothetical allegations of voter fraud played strawman for voter-suppression efforts across the country, the conservatives who advocate for Voter ID and strict voter regulations finally uncovered a case of widespread voter fraud…by Republicans. The Miami Herald reports that a Republican election official allowed residents of Bay County, Fla., to vote…
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America’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Is Real: The Racist Truth Behind the Myth of Voter Fraud
Whether it is Benghazi, birth certificates, Bigfoot, the Illuminati or an unseen VHS tape of Russian sex workers emptying vodka-filled bladders onto a marmalade-colored man who would eventually become the president of the United States, America loves a good conspiracy theory. Anna Merlan, a reporter at Gizmodo Media Group’s special projects desk and author of…
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Black Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Casting Illegal Ballot Will Not Get New Trial
A Texas woman and ex-offender who received a harsh five-year jail sentence for voting illegally will not get a new trial, a judge decided Monday. According to the New York Times, Judge Ruben Gonzalez, the same judge who sentenced 43-year-old Crystal Mason to the lengthy jail term, turned down her bid for a retrial. In…
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White Judge Sentenced to Probation for Election Fraud in Same County Where Black Woman Received 5 Years
Right now, there is a black woman sitting in prison, reading about a Texas judge who was found guilty of the same crime she committed. She probably noticed that the judge was sentenced to five years’ probation in the same county that sentenced her to five years in jail. More than likely, she also noticed…
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Trump Dissolves His Controversial Voter-Fraud Commission
On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively dissolved the controversial commission on voter fraud he created in May 2017, citing states’ refusal to provide the commission with “basic information.” The White House said in a statement: “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission…
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Staffer Working on Trump’s Voter-Suppression Commission Arrested on Child-Porn Charges
A Maryland man working on Donald Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (aka “Trump’s voter-suppression commission”) has been arrested on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. Ronald Williams II of Suitland, Md., was arrested last week on 11 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography, the Washington Post reports. A senior administration…