Georgia secretary of state seeks to scrub noncitizens from voter rolls, and Kari Lake still won’t accept that she lost in 2022

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Deep dive into the anti-democracy agenda of Project 2025
* It’s no secret that Project 2025 would fundamentally alter just about every aspect of American life. Among the 900+ pages of the conservative playbook are frightening proposals that would transform the state of elections, voting rights and democracy.
* Under Project 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice will be used as a tool of the president “as an enforcer of an anti-democracy, anti-freedom, anti-people agenda,” according to Skye Perryman, the president and CEO of Democracy Forward. Read more here. ([link removed])

Georgia secretary of state seeks to scrub noncitizens from voter rolls
* Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced ([link removed]) that he is auditing the state's voter rolls for “potential” noncitizens who are registered using a combination of data from state and federal agencies.
* He’s conducting this audit despite finding zero noncitizens registered to vote in Georgia in a similar audit in 2022.

Kari Lake still won’t accept that she lost in 2022
* Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) asked ([link removed]) the Arizona Supreme Court, once again, for a do-over of her 2022 race. Lake’s request for a new election has previously been rejected six times.
Trial begins next week in Colorado voter intimidation case
* The trial starts ([link removed]) Monday in Colorado against a right-wing group that went door-to-door, sometimes armed, questioning voters. Civil rights organizations claim the group illegally intimidated voters, violating the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act.

New Defending Democracy podcast episode out now
* Everything is bigger in Texas — including voter suppression. In a new episode of Defending Democracy, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke discusses the fight for voting rights in the Lone Star State and how people can help.
* “That is the playbook today from the Republican Party in the state of Texas. They’re no longer trying to win over significant parts of the state. They’re literally trying to shut the door on them to prevent them from participating in our elections,” O’Rourke said.
* Watch the episode now on YouTube ([link removed]) and listen ([link removed]) wherever you get your podcasts.

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