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Pro-Trump group sent armed members door-to-door in Colorado to intimidate voters: Lawsuit
Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a pro-Trump group from going door-to-door in Colorado in search of evidence to support voter fraud allegations that have already been debunked and rejected by courts.
The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Election Integrity Plan led by Shawn Smith, an ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is sending armed members door-to-door in areas with large numbers of voters of color, questioning people about how they voted and taking photographs of their homes.
The lawsuit, which is backed by the state chapter of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota, alleges that the "voter intimidation" campaign violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a post-Civil War law aimed at preventing white vigilantes from terrorizing Black people to stop them from voting.
The lawsuit cites the "County & Local Organizing Playbook" used by the group, which instructs members to "undertake citizen audit activities to either refute or confirm serious allegations of election malfeasance" in order to "support future legal action." The group, some of whose members are armed, has been going door-to-door in El Paso, Mesa and Weld counties in Colorado, using public voter lists to identify areas where they believe ballots were fraudulently cast, the Colorado Times Recorder reported last year. The report prompted an alert from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who warned voters of unofficial canvassing efforts and urged residents to report harassment and threats to local law enforcement or the Justice Department.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pro-trump-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters-lawsuit/ar-AAVjway
MIKE LINDELL GROUP PROTECTS ELECTION BY SENDING ARMED VOLUNTEERS OUT TO HARASS MINORITY VOTERS IN THEIR HOMES
Mike Lindell has taken time out of copulating with that 2020 election chicken twelve hours a day to make time for a new chick. He and his money are now getting frisky with the 2022 election via a new outlet called the U.S. Election Integrity Plan.
USEIP aims to enlist citizens to patrol their own communities for the vote fraud they are convinced is running rampant and was determinative in the last presidential election, despite ample evidence to the contrary.
The Republic is at stake if we dont first fix our elections. Its up to us to create change at the local level, reads the groups website. Now, We Are The Plan.
USEIP and its leadership has been linked to supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory. It could be a coincidence that their website echoes the Qanon motto We are the storm. Or not.
USEIP has dispatched cadres of armed agents to harass Colorado voters, particularly in minority communities, according to a federal lawsuit flagged by Salon. The NAACP, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota allege that USEIP is engaged in a door-to-door voter intimidation campaign
often targeting high-density housing, communities experiencing growth among racial minority voters, and communities in which a high percentage of voters supported Democratic candidates in the 2020 election.
https://csymservices.com/mike-lindell-group-protects-election-by-sending-armed-volunteers-out-to-harass-minority-voters-in-their-homes-above-the-law/
smb
(3,471 posts)2naSalit
(86,564 posts)Should be in prison.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)without the 5-0 coming down in force? It would be dangerous but instructive. Roll the cameras.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)causing them to act like Republicans. Sad.
Norbert
(6,039 posts)Emile
(22,684 posts)to stupid Republicans.
ProfessorGAC
(65,000 posts)Lindell doesn't have the kind of money to continue this charade. He never did. A magnate he never was.
Especially now, with by his own admission, a 35% drop in revenues for his relatively small company (with BTW, a debt:equity of 5), means there's no cash.
Who is really paying for this?
PatrickforB
(14,570 posts)NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota.
Nonetheless, I will be calling my Congressional delegation at both state and national levels.