‘Election integrity’ activists have found way to positions of power, raising red flags about potential partisan meddling
A number of people who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and often of other elections in which Republicans have not been victorious, have been elevated to positions of power since Donald Trump’s re-election, raising concerns about the potential for partisan meddling in critical parts of the country like Arizona and Georgia.
State by state, activists aligned with the “election integrity” movement have found their way on to local elections boards and elections offices, raising red flags for Democrats who have already started efforts to have them removed.
“I think Republicans want to put us in jail,” Fulton county commissioner Dana Barrett said, moments after a contempt hearing in an Atlanta, Georgia, courtroom in August, where she and five other county commissioners were fighting a battle to reject the appointment of two Republican election denialists to the Fulton county board of registrations and elections.
I don’t know. Charlie Kirk’s beliefs are pretty mainstream for the right and so many were celebrating his death. Both sides rarely hear from the quieter voices though, they only hear from the loudest and most offensive because that gets clicks and ad revenue.