| | | Can't see this email? Read Online | | | Voting Booth Digest: Top Stories This Week | This week, the Independent Media Institute’s Voting Booth project looked at purported threats to voting and vote counts. Foreign cyber attacks were more smoke than fire. The DOJ does not have authority to seize ballots or stop counts. But questions remain surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, some states could overcome extreme GOP gerrymanders.
• Latest Cyber Attacks Were Misinformation, Not Voting System Breaches(October 24) After days of murky coverage, details emerge. The attacks were disinformation and did not compromise voting systems.
• Will 2020’s Purple State Voters Reverse Extreme Republican Gerrymanders? (October 22) “If that defeat is to come, down-ballot races in 2020 are going to play an outsized role.”
• 14 Days Out, Where Do We Stand? An Anxious Nation Waits Anxiously (October 21) Despite historic early voting favoring Democrats, President Trump’s base is steadfast in its belief that he will prevail.
• U.S. Supreme Court Lets Pennsylvania High Court Ruling on Voting Stand (October 19) In a 4-4 tie, the U.S. Supreme Court ducks the key issue: can federal courts overrule voting rights in state constitutions?
• Justice Department Has No Legal Authority to Interfere in 2020 Vote Count (October 17) The attorney general and Justice Department can issue pro-Trump propaganda, but not reject or seize ballots, nor interrupt the state-run election process.
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