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You are here: Home / 2018 Campaign / Voter Repression Isn’t the Same as Stealing an Election

Voter Repression Isn’t the Same as Stealing an Election

November 19, 2018 at 9:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rick Hasen: “Democrats should stop with the rhetoric that the race was ‘stolen’… First, rhetoric about stolen elections feeds a growing cycle of mistrust and delegitimization of the election process… Saying Kemp tried to suppress Democratic votes and saying the election was stolen are two different things, and making charges of a stolen election when it cannot be proved undermines Democrats’ complaints about suppressive tactics.”

“Rather than questioning the election’s legitimacy or making uprovable claims of stolen elections, Democrats should focus their efforts into doing whatever is possible to prevent voter suppression and incompetence in the upcoming 2020 elections.”

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