{"id":54627,"date":"2024-04-26T10:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54627"},"modified":"2024-04-26T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:39:05","slug":"preventing-government-interference-in-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54627","title":{"rendered":"Preventing Government Interference In Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The Federalist<\/a> posted an article about an interesting request from the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Florida and Missouri refused requests from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to place federal election monitors inside polling locations during the 2022 elections, arguing doing so would be tantamount to federal voter intimidation. The Federalist inquired with other Republican-led states whether they would take a similar stance should the DOJ make the same requests \u2014 but not all appeared willing to stand up to Biden\u2019s weaponized agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DOJ\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0in 2022 it would send election monitors to 64 jurisdictions across the nation to monitor alleged voter intimidation and threats. Several Florida counties were included in the DOJ\u2019s list, but Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis refused DOJ election monitors to enter polling sites in South Florida, arguing DOJ\u2019s involvement would be \u201ccounterproductive\u201d and \u201cpotentially undermine confidence in the election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida statutes list the people who \u2018may enter any polling room or polling place,’\u201d Chief Counsel for the Florida Department of State Brad McVay wrote in a letter. The Department of State is overseen by DeSantis. \u201cDepartment of Justice personnel are not included on the list.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are these election monitors like the New Black Panthers who stood outside the polling places in Philadelphia with billy clubs and were never prosecuted for voter intimidation?<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

West Virginia\u2019s secretary of state office said \u201conly election officials, voters appearing to vote, local law enforcement responding to an emergency inside a polling place, and members of the public entering a location for other official business, such as paying property taxes\u201d are permitted inside polling locations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo person who is not an election official, voter appearing to vote, or local law enforcement responding to an emergency is permitted inside a polling location.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The communications director for New Hampshire\u2019s secretary of state told The Federalist, \u201cThe area outside of the guard rail in a polling place is open to the public, which includes election monitors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not have any laws or policies that exclude the public from observing our elections from public areas in the polling place,\u201d the statement continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following states either provided no response or redirected The Federalist to a different office than the governor\u2019s, such as the secretary of state, which also did not respond by publication time: Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The states are in charge of their elections, and it needs to stay that way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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