Posted on Mar 31, 2022
Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it
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For voting officials, money from the private sector leading up to the 2020 election was a lifeline.
In Philadelphia, the city was able to buy new high-speed machines to help sort mail ballots by ward and precinct, thanks to the roughly $10 million it received in donated funds.
In Coconino County, Ariz., the money paid for temporary staff to assist Native American voters to register and vote. In Chester County, Pa., it paid for body cameras for election workers picking up mail ballots from drop boxes.
But a year and a half later, that lifeline has also spawned a slew of conspiracies, and efforts in dozens of states to ban the kind of financial help local election officials say saved them.
For voting officials, money from the private sector leading up to the 2020 election was a lifeline.
In Philadelphia, the city was able to buy new high-speed machines to help sort mail ballots by ward and precinct, thanks to the roughly $10 million it received in donated funds.
In Coconino County, Ariz., the money paid for temporary staff to assist Native American voters to register and vote. In Chester County, Pa., it paid for body cameras for election workers picking up mail ballots from drop boxes.
But a year and a half later, that lifeline has also spawned a slew of conspiracies, and efforts in dozens of states to ban the kind of financial help local election officials say saved them.
Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it
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Elections
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Election 2020
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Republicans cannot win without voter suppression. When America gets out and votes, Republicans lose.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
1SG (Join to see) Always! Republicans No Longer have a Platform other than Christian Nationalism, Not so Covert Racism, Denying the Majority of Americans their Voting Rights.
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Some states have ballot harvesting. Hopefully, the Republicans will use the same loophole, and if they do, the Dems will ban Ballot harvesting. Because that just might even the field a little. And the Dems won't like that
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