Trump veröffentlicht seinen Plan, die Wahlen zu „übernehmen“.

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If he succeeds, you can kiss your democracy goodbye.

Donald Trump will rig the election this November using FBI and our government resources.

Please be vigilant and protect the sanctity of our votes.

If he does, he would become a sort of Maduro of the States.

If the midterms are cancelled or if there’s any type of malfeasance there will be hell to pay. We have to draw the line somewhere.

Jesus H GOP and SCOTUS, stop this dickhead and his band of bootlickers. Fuckin a, take the L and regroup like adults to. America hates your shitty agenda. Fuck off

First of all, US elections already have multiple layers of protection in place to prevent widespread election tampering.

Several safeguards, legal deterrents, eligibility requirements, audits and paper trails already exist and act as very effective measures against voter and election fraud.

Proof of citizenship requirements also exist and ID verification is already required in several states.

Up till now, these measures have acted as an effective deterrent to fraud, but ever since Trump began denying elections without proof and lying to his voters so he could conspire to overturn the results of a free and fair election, those same voters have been pushing for needless policies that seek to address a fictional problem.

Republicans have repeatedly indicated their intention to suppress the vote through multiple measures designed to make the voting process more challenging or meticulous for those that vote against them.

In other countries, election/voting laws and polling procedures often make voting simpler and more convenient, but in the US, republican-backed voting laws, regulations and challenges tend to make it more difficult to vote—especially for citizens located in urban areas and cities

What really deserves our attention is how Republicans have been steadily suppressing the vote for years; an effort accelerated in the aftermath of January 6th and by Trump’s ‚big lie“ of a stolen election.

The GOP has seized on this post Jan 6 environment to sow distrust in our elections. They have piggybacked off Trump’s lies of election fraud; tapping into a stockpile of conspiracy theories, lies, and misinformation to dissuade and deceive the public, and to carry out a nationwide campaign of disenfranchisement and voter suppression.

Republicans continue to exploit the misinformed. They’ve taken advantage of the ignorance, the partisanship and the mindless distrust of their voters to give themselves the legal authority to challenge election results while granting their party more power, control and supervision over our election system.

They have the capability now to deny, subvert, legally contest and overturn future elections with near impunity.

Republicans are consolidating power at an alarming rate; abusing their trifecta and their control over state legislatures to give themselves the ultimate say on how maps are drawn; unilaterally deciding who their voters are and not the other way around.

This brazen mid-census redistricting effort would also not be possible without Trump giving himself and his party a license to say f-ck all to democratic norms for the sake of maintaining their grip on power.

To make matters worse, Trump has been federalizing the military and law enforcement in order to centralize authoritarian control over US cities and urban areas; a paramilitary presence he will undoubtedly utilize to suppress the vote in upcoming elections.

On top of all of this, Republicans are trying to scheme their way through the courts to dilute the minority vote by challenging section 2 of the voting Rights Act. A historically significant provision meant to protect voters from being unfairly sequestered and disenfranchised.

Republicans have the gall to say they’re „protecting the integrity of elections,“ while making every effort to subvert the vote, crudely redraw maps, limit voter participation, alter the census in their favor, reshape districts along racial lines, and influence election outcomes.

Republicans have all but succeeded at diverting attention away from their continued efforts to erode the democratic process.

They have also been scapegoating immigrants and marginalized communities of people who they urge you to blame the nation’s problems on; including manufactured issues like rampant „voter fraud.“

Now, as far as „voter ID“ goes, the Republican party’s obsession with enacting voter ID laws is nothing short of a deception.

When it comes to „protecting the integrity of our elections,“ voter ID is at the bottom of the list.

Republicans will tell you that voter ID policy is backed by bipartisan support, but what they won’t tell you is that they advocate for strict requirements which would exclude most basic forms of ID.

Americans support using these basic forms of ID to vote, but there is no data showing support for narrower requirements. This is because these requirements would act as an obstacle, not a preventative measure.

What’s really disingenuous about this whole campaign is that voter ID is not the only policy Republicans want to enact. Give them the chance and they will seize on it to roll back voting rights and impose widespread restraints. Voter ID just becomes a smokescreen and this is a compelling reason for obstructing their poorly disguised efforts to suppress the vote.

Additionally, ID requirements exist in other countries because obtaining IDs in these countries is easier and voting is more accessible. Governments also automatically issue IDs to citizens in many countries where ID is required to vote.

Republicans often argue against the use of basic forms of ID and automatic ID issuance. Ask yourself why Republicans clamor on and on for voter ID requirements, yet push back against policies that would help make voter ID a reality?

And if all of that wasn’t enough, other systemic issues exist that act as impediments to free and fair elections.

Analyses show that when states have fair maps, drawn by independent commissions, representation is more evenly split—especially in Republican controlled states where Democrats gain seats when they otherwise wouldn’t due to partisan redistricting efforts. When those same states are gerrymandered to hell, Republicans win more seats.

Republicans also tend to be overrepresented in state legislatures, meaning they have broader control of gerrymandering.

The GOP is capitalizing on this opportunity to consolidate power for the foreseeable future. Which means that their redistricting wars and voter suppression efforts will be ongoing, and the more this continues, the more it will chip away at the democratic process.

In order to address this, gerrymandering practices must be eliminated, and redistricting must be left up to independent commissions in every state.

The Citizens United ruling and our campaign finance system are also major obstacles standing in the way of free and fair elections.

The rich and corporations have disproportionate control over the outcomes of our elections and far too much political influence. What’s needed to address these problems are:

1. A complete overhaul of how our elections and candidate’s campaigns are funded.

2. Significant campaign finance reforms that necessitate 100% transparency, publicly funded campaigns and predominant grassroots support, and
massive regulations on Super PACs, lobbyists and political advocacy groups.

3. An end to Citizens United.

We must also address foreign election interference efforts and the Republican party’s failure to confront this pressing issue because they have benefitted politically from foreign election meddling for the last several elections.

That said, if MAGA is genuinely intent on „protecting the integrity of our elections“ and the democratic process, they should turn their attention to the myriad systemic issues that Donald Trump and the Republican party are hell bent on preserving instead of obsessing over unsubstantiated conspiracy theories from five years ago.

But they won’t… Instead they are fixated on this imaginary issue because that’s precisely what those deciding our elections want from them.

If you see a Republican stopping you from voting, feel free to show them 2A

Honestly, I’m almost glad this is happening. My older, retired parents who have been pretty passive the last few years have absolutely started to freak out. They are liberal, but always felt like the status quo would return.

They don’t feel like that anymore.

Didnt he clearly say before the election that that was the last time that people had to vote. He has never been quiet about his agenda.

so, I guess he’s gonna do it… unless the country doesn’t want to be another shithole Putinesque dictatorship.

Crickets in the conservative sub. They’re too busy talking about Billie Eilish.

These people are disgusting.

Uh, they should probably impeach him for this one right? Maybe a sternly worded rebuttal…

Trump can’t win a fair fight that’s why

Won’t he have Elon just rig the machines like the last election.

The amazing thing about this is how easy it was. Trump isn’t clever or cunning, he just does whatever he wants and nobody stops him. The US democratic process has failed in the eyes of the world.

He is escalating us, he wants war so we stop talking about his acts of pedophila.

*President Trump* ***called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places”***

That’s not partisan at all. Not one bit.

America is dying all because of Trump

Once again the President ignores his oath to the US Constitution. Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1.

Democrats need to just shutdown the government until they pretty much can impact these scummy people.

Trump raped children. 

The world is watching with baited breath how far you bend over, Americans.