Thread by @toddhathorne

@benraylujan sends me an email making claims about Election Integrity. Here's what he said.
"TODD,
John Lewis said it best —“Democracy is not a state. It is an act.”
I think about those wise words often, but right now in Congress and across America, they ring more true than any

other time I’ve been in Washington.
In 2020, voters turned out in record numbers to reject the Trump presidency and flip the Senate. But Republicans are ramping up voter suppression to try to stop the will of the people from ever happening again.
Last year alone, 19

Republican-led states across the country passed 33 bills that restrict the right to vote. Meanwhile, here in Congress, Republicans have used the filibuster to obstruct every single voting rights bill that Senate Democrats have introduced.
It’s time to leave it all on the field,

TODD — voting rights must be protected. We must stop Republican obstruction as state legislatures ram through more voter suppression bills, and I need your help to get it done.
Add your name to support changing the Senate rules to allow the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act,

the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the Protecting our Democracy Act along a simple majority vote:
ADD YOUR NAME
These three bills would clean up campaign finance laws, protect civil rights at the ballot box, and set up guardrails to protect and strengthen our

democracy.
I also am proud to have secured provisions from the Native American Voting Rights Act into these bills, which would ensure equal access to the electoral process for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and voters living on Tribal lands.
Our democracy is at its strongest

when everyone can make their voices heard, and right now, Congress has a moral imperative to protect the right to vote.
If you’re with me, add your name to support changing the Senate rules to pass crucially important voting rights bills.
ADD YOUR NAME
Defending our democracy is

one of the most important things we can do, and I’m grateful to have you as an ally in this fight. Thank you.
Ben Ray"

Here's the problem: THIS IS A MANUFACTURED ISSUE. We have the same sheet of music from progressives like Ben Ray, and @NMSOSMaggie and @GovMLG @HectorBalderas Each has their arenas they are working. But NM turned out the highest number of voters in the history of the state.

Think about that. THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTERS EVER. What does that tell you about access to voting rights? They are making up a crisis. Just plain old ordinary lying. Why? I don't know. Ask them. Maybe the Pandemic is fading in it's ability to control? Maybe it's because

@NMSOSMaggie does not want you to look at facts presented at the Bernalillo County Registration Board that she has failed to clean up voter rolls? It's public record. Go take a look. She failed to send notices to people who haven't voted in 8 years. That is a choice she made

about federal law. She has kicked out observers from the review of which ballots to accept and which ballots to reject. So tell me, what does she have to hide? Why can't we, the public, be present when that decision is made?

Let's not be distracted by these people. Serious questions were raised by David Clements. Not that some of the questions weren't a bit weird. They were. But, he, as a Qualified Elector, has a right to have his questions answered. (Get used to that term "qualified elector".

More public record. Go ask the Sandoval County Clerk to produce the video of @ElectJayCBlock asking questions of the clerk and Bureau of Elections Chief about the process. It, too, is public record. I could go on. Ben Ray, Maggie. Stop this garbage about a manufactured problem.

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