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Across the country, election workers and voters are growing increasingly concerned about the threats of voter intimidation at the polls.

In 10 states including Arizona and Wisconsin, anti-voter activity has been high and elections officials worry about intimidation and violence.

Across the country, election workers and voters are growing increasingly concerned about the threats of voter intimidation at the polls.

Election workers and voters are growing increasingly concerned about the threats of voter intimidation at the polls.

Across the country, election workers and voters are growing increasingly concerned about the threats of voter intimidation at the polls.

Both chambers of the state’s Legislature have passed a bill that would limit police presence and prohibit electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop boxes on election day, in an effort to discourage voter intimidation.

Republican state legislators, including dozens tied to the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are pushing to loosen restrictions on poll watching, which has historically been aimed at preventing Black Americans from voting. These poll watching initiatives are part of a broader movement to suppress voting in the wake of a presidential election and violent insurrection that didn’t achieve what these lawmakers wanted. The Republican Party’s use of poll watching as a...

May 20, 2021 - 9:09am Republican state legislators, including dozens tied to the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are pushing to loosen restrictions on poll watching, which has historically been aimed at preventing Black Americans from voting. These poll watching initiatives are part of a broader movement to suppress voting in the wake of a presidential election and violent insurrection that didnt achieve what these lawmakers wanted. The Republican Partys use of po...

“Election Integrity” or Voter Intimidation? Texas Republicans are pushing changes to election laws that would let partisan poll watchers record voters in polling places. Texas Republicans are pushing changes to election laws that would let partisan poll watchers record voters in polling places. During a March webinar, Bill Ely pulled up a map of Harris County while presenting the local Republican Party’s ambitious plan for the 2022 midterms: building an “army” of 10,000 conservative...