.@AOC to @CNNSotu on the idea that voter suppression can be out-organized: “No. I appreciate the White House’s optimism but I believe it verges on naïveté. It already took historic organizing efforts to overcome voter suppression in 2020,” adds that it’s a “ridiculous premise”
She also said that partisan gerrymandering and emerging trends like politicization of election admin & subversion of election results can’t be overcome by organizing efforts, warned that GOP lawmakers are laying the groundwork to try and overturn election results they don’t like
The main legislative proposal on this in Congress is the Preventing Election Subversion Act, which would ban local election officials from being removed without cause and add more federal protections against harassment/threats towards election officials: businessinsider.com/election-offic…
Other ideas from experts/scholars, in addition to more protections for local officials, include depoliticizing canvassing/certification of federal elections, setting stricter chain-of-custody standards for ballots, and reforming the Electoral Count Act businessinsider.com/congress-likel…
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