'It's already happening': Battleground states see 'hanky-panky' to interfere in election
Raw StoryAs more and more people begin to vote in the 2024 presidential election, the legal disputes are already beginning to flare up, wrote The Washington Post editorial board. This comes after an elections board in Georgia, whose majority was backed by former President Donald Trump, tried to change election rules to make the counting process slower and give power to county officials to delay election certification, only for a judge to smack down these changes. Moreover, they warned, across many other battleground states, the legal fights are no longer a hypothetical: "It's already happening." "Every day brings reports of hanky-panky from the swing states," wrote the board — with a new development being voting rights groups demanding an investigation of anonymous text messages threatening Wisconsin college students with prosecution for voting: "The texts ominously speak of penalties of up to 3½ years in prison for voting improperly, even though Wisconsin allows students attending college in the state to vote either at their home address or where they attend school. The board concluded with a plea for Americans to exercise their civic duty throughout all the noise and make their voices heard in the process — citing the "inspirational" example of former President Jimmy Carter, who, now 100 years old and in hospice care, still cast his ballot.
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