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Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting
The New York Times ^ | Sept. 5, 2024, 5:05 a.m. ET | Alexandra Berzon

Posted on 09/05/2024 10:07:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

In late July, a group of Republican activists met on a Zoom call to discuss preparations for the November election. The topic was how to keep undocumented immigrants from voting in November, a problem they claim, inaccurately, to be a looming threat to a fair election.

One woman, a local party chair from Georgia, recommended scouring school enrollment figures to find neighborhoods with large numbers of migrants. Another, Darlene Hennessy, an activist from the Detroit area, recommended hanging up signs in “ethnic” neighborhoods warning people not to vote if they were not eligible. She also suggested searching voter rolls for certain types of surnames.

“I think it’s unfortunate, but sometimes the only way you can find out is to look for ethnic names,” Ms. Hennessy said, according to a recording of the call obtained by The New York Times.

“We don’t want to be doing anything illegal,” she added.

There is no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers. And yet the notion that they will flood the polls — and vote overwhelmingly for Democrats — is animating a sprawling network of Republicans who mobilized around former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of a rigged election in 2020 and are now preparing for the next one.

Activists like Ms. Hennessy, prominent lawyers, Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers and other allies of Mr. Trump have ramped up pressure on local election officials to take steps that they say will keep noncitizens from tilting the election in Democrats’ favor. They have pressed for voter roll purges, filed lawsuits, prepared for on-the-ground monitoring of polling places and spread misinformation online.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: aliens; electionfraud; fakenews; newyorkslimes
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

If you are too delicate to read the hilarious tripe the enemy writes, don’t read it.

Stop acting like a Lefty/fascist censorious bully.


21 posted on 09/05/2024 11:10:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
E. Pluribus Unum: Enough of the New York Times. You must have a subscription. Ugh.

My superpower is bypassing paywalls.

Yours appears to be whining.

22 posted on 09/05/2024 11:31:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ooh, ooh, a conspiracy theory. Like masks work, the Vax prevents infection, etc.

Consider the source, and laugh.


23 posted on 09/05/2024 11:33:03 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The author of this tripe is so young, she’s probably only had 6 abortions so far.


24 posted on 09/05/2024 11:34:46 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s a toss up whether the NYT is just a bunch of liars, or if they’re dumb enough to actually believe the garbage they print.


25 posted on 09/05/2024 11:37:56 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Barf alert! More lies from the fake news NYT.


26 posted on 09/05/2024 11:38:10 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting"


27 posted on 09/05/2024 11:54:47 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“There is no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers”

And there is no indication that the New York Times doesn’t live up to its true name ... the New York Slimes


28 posted on 09/05/2024 12:06:26 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Another conspiracy theory, eh?

What’s the difference between a conspiracy theory and proven fact? About 6 months.


29 posted on 09/05/2024 12:24:45 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Haven’t seen any evidence yet of the democrat party isn’t a criminal organization.

Xi mum


30 posted on 09/05/2024 2:02:24 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

>There is no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers

Well, there’s something hinky going on or Joe Stealin wouldn’t have been selected.


31 posted on 09/06/2024 11:06:36 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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