13362274, did the Russians purge voter rolls or close polling stations
Posted by Dr Claw, Wed Jan-15-20 12:30 PM
or ratchet up the requirements for voting, effectively reinstituting the poll tax?
Because THAT is more relevant to the electoral situation IMO. This actually cost Stacey Abrams the governorship in GA.
In Milwaukee alone, the GOP-led, deliberate purging cost enough votes in areas that would have flipped Wisconsin for Clinton in 2016.
Unlike Greenwald, I don't go so far to deny that the Russians are involved. Because they are.
Like Greenwald, I am skeptical that the Russian involvement is significant enough for to shoulder as much as the blame as is suggested.
GOP forces in key states were at work keeping people from voting. This has been the case since at least 2009, when Obama fucked around and flipped states that modern Democrats are not "supposed to win".
Ever since that, it's been a game of making it harder for likely Democratic voters to vote.
Russians can cheat code all they want and spread all kinds of disinformation. Unless they can prove that all those votes they glitched were intended for Democratic candidates...
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