Election integrity units established or expanded in six states after Trump’s loss obtained only 47 convictions during a period in which tens of millions of votes were cast.

As Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Republicans in some states launched special units to prosecute voter fraud as part of a high-profile and controversial push to stamp out cheating some claimed was rampant.

  • @agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16•7 months ago

    In that case, I think there is a better term for what they are doing.

    Anyway attacking voting is one prong of their broad, long-running strategy to get and stay in power. Claiming fraud is an excuse to reboot Jim Crow laws. It meshes well with gerrymandering, closing polling locations, purging voter registration records, and doing whatever else to target Democratic voters.

    Basically, “If you lose in a fair fight, cheat.”