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Analysis: The dangerous GOP voting laws change who counts the votes
CNN via MSN ^ | 6/06/21 | Harry Enten

Posted on 06/06/2021 4:13:03 PM PDT by Libloather

The Republican efforts to change voting laws around the country after Donald Trump's 2020 loss are often all lumped together as one push. And while they almost all seek to ameliorate fear of widespread fraud that no one has proven exists, the modifications sought actually fall into two distinct groups.

You have proposed bills that seek to change how people vote and ones that propose to change how votes are counted.

The former has received much of the attention from Democrats trying to counter Republicans, but it is the latter that is by far a clearer threat to democracy.

Recall what has happened since people voted in the 2020 election, and what has scared Americans the most. We've seen Trump charge fraud at every turn and try to get results overthrown. There were legitimate audits and recounts in many states that proved Joe Biden won the election fair and square.

Then we saw how fragile the election system can be. In Michigan, for example, officials in Wayne County initially failed to certify the vote. There were real questions whether statewide officials in Michigan would, even as Biden easily won the state.

In Georgia, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger had to fight off death threats and defend the state's vote count from charges of fraud from other Republicans in and out of the state.

Arizona Senate Republicans have allowed a company that has no experience in ballot counting to go on a goose chase in its"audit" to find fraud long after the election. Republicans in other states have pushed for audits as well.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Local News
KEYWORDS: cnn; garbage; gop; harryenten; reddiaperbaby; voterfraud; votes; xinn
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Socialists decide what democracy means. That can't go well. (Sure looks like they really hate audits.)
1 posted on 06/06/2021 4:13:03 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Good.

We need BOTH sides to count votes, not just the democrats.


2 posted on 06/06/2021 4:16:02 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Libloather

Democrats only believe in democracy when they are allowed to steal elections.


3 posted on 06/06/2021 4:21:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Biology is science. Homemade pronouns are narcissism.)
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To: Libloather

“CNN via MSN”—Can’t think of a more reliable source than that!


4 posted on 06/06/2021 4:22:48 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: metmom

Yeah, we just have a problem with Ruby Freeman and friends staying after hours to pull ballots from under a table of proceed to run them through the machines multiple times.

How rude of us.


5 posted on 06/06/2021 4:23:26 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: Libloather
but it is the latter that is by far a clearer threat to democracy.

We've never had a democracy and hopefully we never will. ANYONE that writes about the US being a democracy needs to be abused and vilified as being completely ignorant.

6 posted on 06/06/2021 4:30:08 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Libloather

When conservatives circulated the “who counts the votes” meme last November, the “fact checkers” all denied that Joseph Stalin ever said it and “dinged” any posts that used it as “FALSE”.

But here we are now, 7 months later and CNN/MSN are using it to attack Republicans.


7 posted on 06/06/2021 4:33:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Libloather

Yes, only Democrats can count the votes.


8 posted on 06/06/2021 4:35:43 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: metmom

And not just Democrat secretaries of state who get elected with Soros Foundation money...


9 posted on 06/06/2021 4:36:10 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Libloather

CNN


10 posted on 06/06/2021 4:37:00 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Libloather

“no one has proven exists”

If no one looks, there will never be any proof.


11 posted on 06/06/2021 4:37:49 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Libloather
If it wasn't for 33 year old millennial's via Dartmouth like Lil’ Harry I wouldn't know what to think.
12 posted on 06/06/2021 4:44:33 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Libloather
fear of widespread fraud that no one has proven exists

Hmmm, Maybe one of these States should take them at thier word and make it a DEATH PENALTY Offense to engage in any Concerted Effort or Organized effort to commit any kind of Election or Vote Fraud.
13 posted on 06/06/2021 4:59:22 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Libloather

Pravda hath spoken


14 posted on 06/06/2021 5:09:51 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They keep throwing around the term democracy, when were are a representative republic. The dull-minded CNN watchers get their programming from the Globalists and have no idea what Democratic fraud is. They want a permanently fixed election and to control everything we do from birth to death via DC.


15 posted on 06/06/2021 5:35:44 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: Libloather
Arizona Senate Republicans have allowed a company that has no experience in ballot counting to go on a goose chase in its"audit" to find fraud long after the election. Republicans in other states have pushed for audits as well.

The biggest indicator that there was massive fraud is seeing how fervently democrats are trying to stop audits from happening and discredit the firms conducting the audits.

16 posted on 06/06/2021 7:28:05 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Libloather

In honor of Ruby Freeman we need to call voter fraud being “Rubied”. That will make the libs heads explode.


17 posted on 06/06/2021 7:42:07 PM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: dynachrome
“no one has proven exists”

If no one looks, there will never be any proof.

On the bright side, we've moved the Overton Window from "there is no evidence" to "there is no proof."

18 posted on 06/06/2021 7:48:09 PM PDT by LimitedPowers (Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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To: Libloather
widespread fraud that no one has proven exists,[Emphasis added]

Oh that fun standard of proving something is "widespread" to a hostile observer.

Show specific evidence in detail, and they will counter that what you have shown is not "widespread".

Show them the widespread evidence and they will counter it is not sufficiently proved in detail.

19 posted on 06/06/2021 9:57:01 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Libloather

Peruse later.


20 posted on 06/06/2021 10:23:54 PM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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