2020 presidential election Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/2020-presidential-election/ A platform for change Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:54:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Supreme Court rejects state legislatures legal theory Trump used in 2020 election heist attempt https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/06/supreme-court-rejects-state-legislatures-legal-theory-trump-used-in-2020-election-heist-attempt/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:52:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13931 Democracy defenders across the United States on Tuesday breathed a collective sigh of relief after half of the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority joined with the three liberal justices to reject a “dangerous” legal theory that could dramatically impact federal elections. “The Supreme Court took an important and crucial step today in protecting our system of checks and balances,” […]

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]]> Armed ‘poll watchers’ in Arizona heighten alarm over right-wing voter intimidation https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/armed-poll-watchers-in-arizona-heighten-alarm-over-right-wing-voter-intimidation/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:00:55 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12666 Video footage released Friday night showing armed individuals sitting near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona is heightening alarm over right-wing intimidation efforts as early voting kicks off across the United States. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told a local ABC affiliate that it is investigating several individuals who were watching a Mesa voting location on Friday. The department confirmed that […]

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]]> States are stepping up prosecutions for voter fraud, but who gets the harshest punishment? https://flux.community/barbara-rodriguez/2022/10/states-are-stepping-up-prosecutions-for-voter-fraud-but-who-gets-the-harshest-punishment/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:00:52 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12529 Crystal Mason is waiting for resolution. On Election Day 2016, at her mother’s urging, the Texas woman went to her local precinct to vote in the presidential election. Mason’s name did not appear on the voter rolls, but a poll worker said she could cast a provisional ballot that would get additional review. The affidavit […]

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]]> Ted Cruz votes against bipartisan bill to prevent another Jan. 6 https://flux.community/matthew-choi/2022/09/ted-cruz-votes-against-bipartisan-bill-to-prevent-another-jan-6/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:00:31 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12433 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, broke from his own party in voting against a bipartisan bill that would bar him from singlehandedly objecting to presidential election results, as he did on Jan. 6, 2021. The bill, dubbed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, aims to prevent a constitutional crisis like the one that […]

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]]> Stacey Abrams: It is ‘wrong’ to compare her refusal to concede with Trump’s stolen election rhetoric https://flux.community/barbara-rodriguez-and-errin-haines/2022/09/stacey-abrams-it-is-wrong-to-compare-her-refusal-to-concede-with-trumps-stolen-election-rhetoric/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:00:55 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12371 Stacey Abrams on Monday cautioned against conflating her refusal to concede in the 2018 Georgia governor’s race with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, calling the latter wrong and dangerous for democracy. “I will never ever say that it is OK to claim fraudulent outcomes as a way to give yourself […]

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]]> False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers https://flux.community/eric-neugeboren/2022/08/false-allegations-of-voter-fraud-in-2020-led-to-increased-threats-against-texas-election-workers/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:00:57 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12043 A rise in election-related misinformation has led to increased threats and intimidation of election workers in Texas and other states, according to a report released Thursday by a U.S. House committee. A Texas elections administrator from Tarrant County told the committee there was a social media call to “hang him when convicted for fraud and let his […]

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]]> Two Texas congressmen attended White House meeting about overturning 2020 election results, Jan. 6 committee reveals https://flux.community/eric-neugeboren/2022/07/two-texas-congressmen-attended-white-house-meeting-about-overturning-2020-election-results-jan-6-committee-reveals/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:00:04 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11667 Two Republican Texas congressmen — Brian Babin of Woodville and Louie Gohmert of Tyler — participated in a December 2020 White House discussion about whether former Vice President Mike Pence could reject former President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection loss, the U.S. House Committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol revealed Tuesday. But it wasn’t immediately clear how Babin or […]

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]]> Ken Paxton seeks to dismiss state bar’s lawsuit against him over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election https://flux.community/cecilia-lenzen/2022/07/ken-paxton-seeks-to-dismiss-state-bars-lawsuit-against-him-over-his-attempt-to-overturn-the-2020-election/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:00:43 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11609 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to dismiss a professional misconduct lawsuit filed by the state bar against him related to his legal challenge of the 2020 presidential election, court documents show. In a court filing June 27, Paxton asked a district court in Collin County to dismiss the Texas State Bar’s lawsuit. The state’s top lawyer, […]

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]]> At least four Supreme Court justices are flirting with helping the Big Lie win in 2024 https://flux.community/joan-mccarter/2022/07/at-least-four-supreme-court-justices-are-flirting-with-helping-the-big-lie-win-in-2024/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:00:06 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11594 While the Jan. 6 committee hearings are riveting much of the nation as they narrow in Donald Trump as the leader of the attempted violent overthrow of the government, a huckster industry has emerged in the states promoting the basis of Trump’s insurrection, the Big Lie. It’s not just the civically illiterate being taken in, […]

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]]> For decades, Republican consultants spent big to promote leftist candidates, now they’ve started creating fake ones https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2022/06/election-fraud-is-real-and-its-republicans-who-are-doing-it/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 21:38:07 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11289 After losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump launched an unprecedented campaign to lie about his loss and say that he had been cheated. None of the claims stood up under scrutiny or in court, but since then, Republicans nationwide have been rushing to pass laws and regulations which they claim will promote “election integrity.” […]

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