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Trump's attempt to kneecap the Postal Service isn't the only threat to
the November election that we have to worry about.
In fact, it might not even be the biggest threat.
Voting rights experts are warning that Republican voter suppression
combined with a shortage of poll workers could lead to hours-long lines
and widespread polling place closings in November.
In fact, we're already seeing it. In Kentucky's June primary, there was
one polling place for the entire city of Louisville. In April, 175 out
of 180 polling places in Milwaukee were closed. Think of what that could
mean in November.
Another huge threat that could disenfranchise millions of voters are
ballot rejections because of tiny technicalities, like a signature that
doesn't quite match the one on file. Studies have shown that first-time
voters and racial minorities are about twice as likely to have their
votes rejected.
Those are just two of the threats that we know about. Imagine what the
Trump administration might be cooking up that we don't even know about
yet.
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independent journalism freed from the constraints and biases of the
corporate media to watchdog every step of the process and hold Trump and
his cronies accountable.
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