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Friday, January 13th, 2023

GOP, Right-Wingers Filed Nearly 100 Anti-Voter Lawsuits in 2022: Report

Author:     KENNY STANCIL
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Jan 10, 2023
 Link: GOP, Right-Wingers Filed Nearly 100 Anti-Voter Lawsuits in 2022: Report
Stephan:  

I am becoming increasingly concerned that the Republicans, recognizing that they are a small and shrinking minority are trying to rig our government so that they can remain in power. Quite apart from the democracy issues this represents, and they are many, we are rapidly moving towards the "no return" point in climate change, and the Republicans, as a party, are not taking or even advocating the steps that need to be taken to prepare for what is happening. Instead, they are focusing on vengeance grudges, controlling women, and limiting the ability of people of color to vote.

The Republican Party, GOP candidates and voters, and aligned groups filed 93 anti-voter lawsuits in 2022, and although most were unsuccessful, the trend underscores how right-wing attacks on ballot access and election administration are taking place in courtrooms as well as state legislatures nationwide.

According to a report published Monday by Democracy Docket, a progressive platform that tracks voting litigation, 175 “democracy-related lawsuits” were filed in 31 states last year. Democracy Docket excluded 58 active redistricting lawsuits from its report in order to focus on cases related to voting rights and election oversight.

Of the 175 democracy-related lawsuits filed last year, 93 were characterized by Democracy Docket as “anti-voting” and 82 were characterized as “pro-voting.” Democracy Docket called 2022 another “litigious election year” after 2020 saw 150 democracy-related lawsuits, 95 of which were deemed anti-voting compared with 55 pro-voting.

The Republican Party officialdom—defined as the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and state or county Republican parties—was responsible for 23 of the 93 anti-voter lawsuits filed in 2022, researchers found.

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 2:59 pm

    I wholeheartedly agree with you Stephan on this issue. I even have a problem with low-level Republicans right here in our city which is headed by Republicans, who have done irreputable damage to any and every Demicratic policy which they are asociated with. They fined my friend $10,000 for a minor discrepancy which should have been a simple $500 or $1,000 fine at the most. They are out of control and the whole city council and Mayor should all be fired immediately!