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Sep 9 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
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Michigan Republicans filed a lawsuit attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan.

It is September 2022.
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ICYMI: Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the ability of Pennsylvania county boards of elections to create ballot curing procedures that allow voters to fix common and inadvertent errors on mail-in ballots to ensure their votes are counted.
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ICYMI: Conservative group founded by Mark Meadows and Stephen Miller sues Lehigh County Board of Elections, alleging that the county’s guidance regarding ballot drop boxes violates Pennsylvania Election Code.
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ICYMI: Federal court temporarily blocked voter suppression law #HB2243 for elections in November. The law requires county recorders to cancel a voter’s registration if they have a “reason to believe” that a voter is not a U.S. citizen.
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ICYMI: Wisconsin judge temporarily blocked guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission that allowed local election officials to fill in incomplete address information on voters’ absentee ballot witness certificates.
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"There is a constellation of well-funded, right-wing groups that use the legal and political system to make voting more difficult and free and fair elections less likely."
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These groups and officials submitted friend of the court briefs, or amicus briefs, in support of the radical independent state legislature theory case #MoorevHarper headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Sep 9
🚨⚖️CASE ALERT: Six lawsuits were filed this year challenging overly strict proof of citizenship requirements to vote in Arizona. Let’s break down the law and the lawsuits challenging it.🧵
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🚨Here's a list of the groups and officials who submitted amicus briefs in support of the radical independent state legislature theory in the U.S. Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper.⤵️
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America First Legal Foundation (Stephen Miller & Mark Meadows)
America's Future, Inc. (Michael Flynn)
American Legislative Exchange Council (AZ State Senate President Karen Fann (R))
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Citizens United Foundation
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Honest Elections Project (Leonard Leo)
Lawyers Democracy Fund
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Redistricting Trust
North Carolina Republican Party
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🚨STARTING SOON: President Joe Biden will deliver remarks from Philadelphia about the threats facing our democracy.

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