br00t4c, (edited ) to random
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SteveThompson, to journalism
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social avatar

Most journalists aren't equipped to not fall into this trap. Keeping in mind, journalists have partisan biases, too. Journalists vote.

"Don't fall for MAGA's 'election integrity' con job"

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/19/dont-fall-for-magas-election-integrity-con-job/

"Journalists — and the rest of us — need to quit parroting Republicans' transparent lies about voting"

slcw, to Arizona
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

"" zealot, , has based his entire identity on outrage over nonexistent . He wants a system where the electorate is comprised exclusively of white, , conservative men, just as intended. So you might be surprised to learn that he's just been caught forging hundreds of signatures on his petition to run for state office.

https://www.alternet.org/amp/arizona-gop-austin-smith-2667799137

SteveThompson, to random
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social avatar

There is no evidence of significant voter fraud in US elections. When there is an incident, it's usually them. Real message here is they need watched.

"Voter data expert hired by Trump on Johnson election claims: ‘He should know better’"

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4592028-voter-data-expert-hired-trump-johnson-election-claims-he-should-know-better/

"A voter data expert who was hired by the Trump campaign in 2020 to look for voter fraud criticized claims by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about election integrity Friday."

#GOP #Trump #SOTH #Johnson #electionintegrity #election

Strandjunker, to random
@Strandjunker@mstdn.social avatar

He betrayed our national security.
He compromised our elections.
He incited an armed insurrection to overthrow our democracy.
He will do so again.
He is a traitor.

Do not normalize Donald Trump.

JackassDemocrats,
@JackassDemocrats@mastodon.social avatar

@Strandjunker Why do democrats constantly lie and push propaganda? None of those things are true but the socialist democrat MSM propaganda arm keeps pushing the same old lies. Like Paul Joseph Goebbels said in Nazi Germany, if you tell a lie long enough, ignorant people will believe it to be the truth. President Trump said to protest peacefully. The democrat lie says he said otherwise. Hopefully people on the left learn to question the lies

itnewsbot, to ArtificialIntelligence
@itnewsbot@schleuss.online avatar

Elon Musk’s X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

Lax conten... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004185 #x

wdlindsy, to Michigan
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"The Detroit News reported on Thursday evening that then-president Trump made yet another phone call—besides the infamous 'find 11,780 votes' call to Georgia’s Secretary of State—to pressure two local canvassers, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, to throw a big wrench into Michigan’s certification of its electoral count."

~ Jay Kuo


/1

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-second-taped-call-imperils-trump

wdlindsy,
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"Specifically, Trump directly urged them, in violation of their duties on the Board of Canvassers, not to sign the certification of results from Wayne County, home to Detroit, even though they had voted to certify it.

The call was captured in a series of four audio recordings that were reviewed by the Detroit News."


/2

wdlindsy,
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"A key takeaway from these recordings and the Detroit News’s reporting is that Trump was deeply involved in the minutia of how to stop the electoral certification process, even down to the votes of a county board of canvassing. …

There is almost nothing better than the words of the defendant himself to help a jury understand things like motive and intent."


/3

yoasif, to random
@yoasif@mastodon.social avatar

On my lunch break on and the first time working the polls!

It was only a few short months ago when I saw @mattblaze post about working the election to understand better.

No great, deep takeaways so far, except to note that as you might expect, no one is interested in how people are voting, and workers are far more concerned about efficiency -- getting people in and out, voted as quickly as possible.

mostaurelius, to politics
@mostaurelius@mas.to avatar

Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

"These states have decided that instead of using a wheel, they're going to invent a spherical device that will allow them to easily transport and roll items from A to B," said Josh Daniels, a former Republican county clerk in Utah.
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207142433/eric-investigation-follow-up-voter-data-election-integrity

BigAngBlack, (edited ) to random
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They're overburdening election workers while also creating false narrative with how they publish the findings

The rightwing group swamping US election offices with records requests

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/local-labs-election-voting-records-requests

> Local Labs – which calls its work both political research and journalism – is demanding voters’ details across the country to back claims of election fraud




w7voa, to ethelcain
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ZhiZhu,
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

@w7voa

"Cole won the election. He was certified. He was seated.

All of that despite everyone in the Alabama Republican Party – a party that had spent the last two years talking about and securing voting processes – knowing full well that Cole had, at best, skirted residency requirements and had likely committed some level of in doing so.

They didn’t care."
https://www.alreporter.com/2023/08/30/opinion-theres-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-in-the-david-cole-case/

leigh, (edited ) to random
@leigh@ottawa.place avatar

Here's a gift link for the WaPo story on the latest indictment: https://wapo.st/3qnummx

I'm frankly relieved to see the specific focus on indicting the folks harassing election workers; the Ruby Freeman case has been haunting me (cf https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/we-need-to-learn-how-to-talk-to-and-about-accidental-conspiracists/ )

DeliaChristina, to random
@DeliaChristina@sfba.social avatar

The biggest danger to our elections isn't fuddy old-fashioned tech or voter lack of confidence.

The biggest danger to our elections is the effing fascists in the GOP who are literally trying to break them.

scofield, to random

Call for papers for DEFCON is going to close today. Voting Village at DEFCON CFP will open this week. Stay tuned, announcement will come out shortly.

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