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Texas bars federal election monitors from state polling stations (www.rawstory.com)

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Texas’ top elections official told the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday its election monitors aren’t permitted in the state's polling places after the federal agency announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight counties on Election Day to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The idea, this year, is to prevent certification. Then they can manipulate the system through a compliant Speaker of the House to finagle a Trump win. If federal monitors are there, it will undermine this plan.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I understand the motive, I'm just stating the nature of the problem. Essentially that we don't have an enforceable unified framework for federal elections. There is the ECRA which would prevent unfaithful electors and other issues, also removes SCOTUS from the initial review.

However I don't think it goes far enough. The Senate blocked any meaningful legislation to require voter access and combat vote suppression when they didn't pass the FtVA.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/biden-signs-electoral-count-reform-act-into-law/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_People_Act