Record campaign cash flows into races for state election officials

[L. Coyote]

Source: AXIOS

Record-breaking waves of campaign cash are poised to flood state-level races for secretary of state and other positions with a role in administering elections, according to the election watchdog Brennan Center.

Why it matters: As many GOP-led states move to restrict voting rights, and as former President Donald Trump promotes loyalist candidates backing baseless election fraud claims or paths for elected officials to overrule the will of voters, both parties have put outsized focus on getting the "right" people into decision-making posts.

Driving the news: In a report released Wednesday, the Brennan Center says secretary of state candidates in Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota have been more than doubling their overall fundraising, compared to comparable points in the 2018 and 2014 midterms.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/report-record-money-poised-to-flow-in-races-impacting-state-election-laws-84e6552b-016b-4f22-b21d-b0ccba9d8783.html

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If you can't win, rig the system.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Well at least here in PA, the SOS is appointed by the Governor

so if we can make sure we get a Democrat (Josh Shapiro) elected in this year's gubernatorial election, then we are good to go from that perspective.

[Bayard]

2. This is how they will overthrow democracy

[malthaussen]

3. I hope the DNC is on this.

It would be absurd to allow the radicals in the GOP to pull off their election-negating fantasy.

-- Mal