Sherrilyn Ifill: TX law, voter suppression bills, anti-truth school board mobs

[Nevilledog]

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It’s critical to understand the TX law b/c it is part of a desperate effort to do by harassment, intimidation, & menacing what could not be accomplished by regular channels of democratic engagement. It is of a piece w/recent voter suppression bills and anti-truth school bd mobs.

By authorizing “citizen suits” vs. anyone facilitating an abortion, the law deputizes ordinary ppl to terrorize women seeking abortions w/lawsuits against their friends, partners, doctors, providers. In essence allowing zealots to do the work of overturning Roe by intimidation.

Georgia’s new voter suppression allows any voter to make unlimited “challenges” against the legitimacy of other voters. Unlimited. Even though in Nov 20 there were 360,000 challenges w/only a score of ballots found to be illegitimate.

Georgia voter challenges fall short, with few ballots thrown out
An effort to challenge the eligibility of over 360,000 voters resulted in just a few dozen ballots rejected across Georgia. County election boards found little evidence to show that many ineligible vo…
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voter-challenges-fall-short-with-few-ballots-thrown-out/SNPHXD4YXVB7LMIL5N5L3RZPLA/

Intimidating vote counters and election officials is yet another aspect of this. If you can’t win elections legitimately, win the refs. Election officials are quitting or being removed from boards amid increasing intimidation.

The school bd mob scenes are of a piece with this. Activating mobs - even small ones - to intimidate, disrupt, & harass is effective & the alternative to actually winning the votes of school bd members w/legitimate debate and facts. School bd members are resigning in exhaustion.
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[jmbar2]

1. Good explanation of a very new and menacing turn in strategy for the American Taliban

Read the whole thing. It's sobering. Thanks for posting.

[jmbar2]

2. See also

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[Wounded Bear]

3. Godwin's Law is repealed...these are Nazi tactics, plain and simple...nt

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R