01/01/2018 was the date the RNC was freed from the consent decree.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/09/rnc-ballot-security-consent-decree-328995
The RNC was in no way ready for it.
They still aren’t ready and got pants in every election since.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/the-week-in-pictures-the-unbearable-bud-lightness-of-being.php
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