NEW: From Arizona to Pennsylvania & Nevada to North Carolina, GOP lawyers have launched a campaign to make it as hard as possible in key states to cast a valid mail ballot — often adopting strikingly anti-voter interpretations of the law newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-ba…

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states like Pennsylvania buff.ly/3wywj1Q by Zachary Roth

But the point is they are also trying to restrict it in court.

Very useful "American Autocracy Threat Tracker" released by Just Security puts in one place all of Trump and his allies' anti-democratic plans once in office justsecurity.org/92714/american…

They've already been happening though... newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-ba…

The GOP effort to get its voters to vote by mail was always in tension with its simultaneous effort to restrict mail voting, as we reported. Guess which side won out.

NEW: To boost Trump, GOP AGs led by Steve Marshall have lately filed briefs in election cases to weaken civil rights laws, greenlight gerrymandered maps, and empower partisan state legislatures to set election rules. newsfromthestates.com/article/boost-…

Via @ZackRoth: Republican AGs have advanced a string of arguments — some strikingly far-reaching — that appear designed to lay the groundwork for GOP legal victories in the event of a contested presidential vote, or to otherwise boost Trump and the party. alabamareflector.com/2024/03/18/to-…

NEW States rush to combat AI threat to elections Zachary Roth News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com shar.es/ag2Mqr

I can't read this because paywalled -- does it mention that they're also suing in multiple states to make mail voting harder? Probably a better indicator of their views on it... newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-ba…

Amazing that Josh Dawsey did this whole story without mentioning the numerous lawsuits RNC has filed to restrict mail voting!

NEW: How Trump and the GOP are looking to use fears over immigration to bolster efforts to restrict voting. newsfromthestates.com/article/gop-tr…

NEW: Head of the RNC's “election integrity” dept spoke at a disinfo-filled online meeting hosted by anti-fraud activists who are close allies of Mike Lindell. Other RNC staff also have recently reached out to large-scale purveyors of election lies. newsfromthestates.com/article/republ…

Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls. Zachary Roth reports. #Elections2024 lailluminator.com/2024/04/09/rep… via News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com

.GOP announces "historic collaboration between the RNC, the Trump Campaign, and passionate grassroots coalitions who are deeply invested in fighting voter fraud." Reminder: These are the kinds of grassroots coalitions they mean... newsfromthestates.com/article/republ…

Three months after Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that Iowa HHS is likely violating federal voting law, the department has publicly acknowledged the problem but remains vague on the plan for fixing it, Zachary Roth reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/04/22/hhs… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

NEW: GOP “election integrity” lawyer Christina Bobb was indicted in the Arizona fake electors scheme a day before a planned appearance at a meeting of election conspiracy theorists to recruit volunteers for GOP’s “historic” vote monitoring program. newsfromthestates.com/article/top-go…

It was inevitable that this day would come. An entire state GOP has gone on record as being opposed to democracy.

From our News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com democracy reporter Zachary Roth : Legal fights leave question marks over ballot access in presidential battleground states newsfromthestates.com/article/legal-…

NEW from our News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com democracy reporter Zachary Roth: Election workers worry that federal threats task force isn’t enough to keep them safe shar.es/agv6Xx