Meanwhile, GOP power grabs are underway in other states.
The larger context linking these stories is important.
*THREAD*
This is odd, isn't it? After all, Republicans love to scream about fraud in elections -- when they’re using it to justify voter suppression.
In my book, I recount some of these capers. The NC version is amazing in its naked targeting of black voters:
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My book runs through some of the research bearing this out. Voter fraud is akin to deaths by lightning strike:
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In WI, this overlaps w/new restrictions on voting:
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The best political science designates this as “asymmetric constitutional hardball”
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If and when Dems eventually take back more power, there will be a big debate on this topic.
It raises legitimately tough questions. Here’s the general formula I propose for Dems:
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