This is outrageous, John:

Yesterday, several news agencies, including The Guardian, NBC, and the Daily News reported that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (a Republican) to throw out legitimate ballots.

Specifically, Graham asked Raffensperger if he had the power to toss out every mail-in ballot from counties where there was a higher rate of non-matching signatures.

Thankfully, Raffensperger said no — and then told The Washington Post what happened. And now, Graham has revealed he talked to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona and an official in Nevada too.

This campaign to rig the election after the fact is not limited to Lindsey Graham, or votes cast in the state of Georgia. From Donald Trump on down, Republicans are using every tool at their disposal to stop legitimate votes from being counted and throw the election to Donald Trump.

So far, it hasn't worked. But that doesn't mean we can afford to let this authoritarian behavior go unchecked.

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Look, John, this is serious and quite likely criminal.

Joe Biden won this election in an electoral and popular vote landslide. Over 79 million Americans voted for him. That's more votes than any president has received in our nation's history.

He will be our next president.

But by working to throw out legally-cast ballots and disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters across the country, Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham are attacking our fundamental democratic process and laying the groundwork to outright steal future elections.

That’s why Congressman Hakeem Jeffries called on the Justice Department to investigate immediately.

But let’s be real, Attorney General Bill Barr isn’t going to lift a hand to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. That’s why it will be up to us to demand the next Attorney General investigate and prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law.

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It's clear Republicans are worried about winning fair and square when everyone votes — so they're looking for every excuse to stop real votes from being counted.

It’s un-American, undemocratic, and potentially illegal.

Thank you for raising your voice today. We can't allow Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump or any of his Republican cronies to try and rig elections and tear down our democracy with impunity.

— Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America