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Trump Appoints Bigoted, Fringe, Conspiracy Theorist to Investigate His Baseless Voter Fraud Charges
Kobach has violated state and federal election laws and is the architect of voter suppression efforts around the country.
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The Daily Tar Heel: North Carolina NAACP Files Lawsuit Claiming State Suppresses Voters
Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, said he thinks there are good Republicans and Democrats, both of which can administer free and fair elections. “But when an election official expresses a partisan motivation for changes to the system, whether it’s in how the election will be administered or what they’re going to do with early voting or what they’re going to do with voter registration — that’s when it becomes problematic,” he said.
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Group Calls on North Carolina’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in North Carolina.
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Group Calls on Pennsylvania’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Pennsylvania.
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Florida Public Radio: Judge’s Extended Deadline Enticed 64,000 New Voters
Democrats sued when Governor Rick Scott refused their request to extend the registration deadline. Scott says he didn’t have the power to act on his own. But voting rights advocate Karl Frisch says Republicans have been trying to suppress turnout for years.
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Group Calls on Arizona’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Arizona.
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Group Calls on Florida’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Florida.
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Group Calls on Ohio’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Ohio.
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WSB-TV: Georgia Elections Official Asked to Step Down Over ‘Appalling’ Facebook Posts
A state lawmaker in Georgia is calling for the resignation of a Henry County Elections Board Member Debbie Moon over racially charged posts shared on her Facebook page. The comments were first uncovered by an Allied Progress report documenting the partisan motivations and racial animus of those pushing voter suppression efforts in the state.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Henry Board of Elections Member Accused of Sharing Racist Posts
In what may be a battle of ethics and free speech, a county elections board member has been asked to resign by a state legislator after allegedly sharing racist social media posts. The comments were first brought to light by an Allied Progress special report documenting the partisan motivations and racial animus of those pushing voter suppression efforts in the state.