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US Republicans seek to empower poll watchers, raising concerns voters of colour will be intimidated

Share on Twitter The red dot of a laser pointer circled downtown Houston on a map during a virtual training of poll watchers by the Harris County Republican Party. It highlighted densely populated, largely black, Latino and Asian neighbourhoods. “This is where the fraud is occurring,” a county Republican official said falsely in a leaked video of the training, which was held in March. A precinct chair in the northeastern, largely white suburbs of Houston, he said he was trying to recruit people from his area “to have the confidence and courage” to act as poll watchers in the circled areas in upcoming elections.

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Sat, 05/01/2021 - 08:43 JUDGE WHO BLOCKED RELEASE OF VIDEO IS TRUMPER WHO HATES MEDIA: Foster, an East Carolina University alum who graduated from Campbell University law school, was elected in 2016, running unopposed for his seat. He was first appointed to the seat earlier that year by then-Gov. Pat McCrory. In April 2020, Foster posted a meme with a photo of media members asking probing questions about Pearl Harbor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The meme is captioned: “If FDR had to deal with a press corp like President Trump’s.” Foster wrote: “I’m just gonna leave this here.” In 2010, he wrote: “I’m constantly amazed at how moronic the press is,” referring to a headline about Mexico’s president complaining about an Arizona law to President Barack Obama. The feed also includes some anti-mask rhetoric, including a meme with re-imagined Queen lyrics about not wearing a mask. “The anti-maskers getting creative. I love this,” Foster wrote. Early in the c

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G O P Seeks to Empower Poll Watchers, Raising Intimidation Worries

Republicans in several states are pushing bills to give poll watchers more autonomy. Alarmed election officials and voting rights activists say it’s a new attempt to target voters of color.

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Saturday News: Terminally biased

Saturday News: Terminally biased
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As the voting-rights fight moves to Texas, defiant Republicans test the resolve of corporations that oppose restrictions

As the voting-rights fight moves to Texas, defiant Republicans test the resolve of corporations that oppose restrictions
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