Republicans’ 2024 legal army guards against a repeat of Trump’s stolen election claims
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Mabinty Quarshie
September 19, 2024 7:00 am
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Legal fights over election integrity are well underway with less than two months to go to the election. This Washington Examiner series, Legal Games, will look at Democratic attempts to make sure they don’t have a repeat of 2016. Republican lawyers, meanwhile, are still spooked by what happened in the aftermath of 2020. Part 4 will look at Republican litigation to secure the 2024 election.The Republican National Committee has been on the offensive since the 2020 election with a bevy of lawsuits forcing state officials to uphold laws that may prevent unlawful voting ahead of the 2024 election.
After states loosened up voting rules during the COVID-19 pandemic for the last presidential election, GOP lawyers have netted some limited wins in rolling back expansions in time for the November election.
These lawsuits come in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump‘s claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” They are also meant to ensure the election will be safely conducted without any malfeasance, but some strategists caution that it could take away from ground game work against Democrats.
Many Republican wins in enhancing election safety came from GOP legislatures that updated their voting rules in battleground states that could decide the election. Conservative experts point to Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021 as a prime example of rolling back excessive voting procedures enacted during the pandemic.
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