Talking Points Memo

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Below is a kind of user's guide to the way in which the GOP has mobilized its apparatus this year to spread lies, disenfranchise voters and preemptively cast doubt on the 2024 election at various levels of government. This has, since she joined TPM, been Khaya Himmelman's primary focus, and unfortunately, there has been no dearth of material to report on.

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Election Deniers Are Running The Show 

• Big Lie-Pilled Officials Are Now In Charge Of Election Admin In Counties Across The U.S.

• Mesa County is Still Reeling From Election-Denying County Clerk Tina Peters 
   
• Far-Right Group Recruits Followers To Overwhelm Election Offices With Voter Roll Challenges 

• MAGA Election Denialism Still Has A Firm Grip On Red California County 

• New Bill Would Mean Open Season In Georgia For MAGA Voter Roll Challengers Like True The Vote
   

It's No Longer Just Extremists Monitoring Ballot Drop Boxes 

• Arizona SoS

• Georgia Becomes First State To Mandate Election Intimidation Training for Law Enforcement — But At What Cost?

• Constitutional Sheriffs Group Plans To Insert Itself Into More Aspects Of The Voting Process In 2024

Republicans Seize On Routine Election Admin Maintenance To Spread Lies

• Trump And His Friends Seize On Arizona Voter Registration Error As Conspiracy Theory Fodder
   
• GOPers Spin Up Fresh Conspiracy Theories About New Law To Block Baseless Election Challenges 
   
• If Trump Loses, Expect Big Liars To Blame Voter Roll Maintenance For Fraud In The Fall

• Election Deniers Now Have More Room To Spread Conspiracy Theories About Wisconsin's Election Results 
   
• The One Place Where The Trump Campaign Wants More Mail-In Voting

Election Administrators Prep For A Dangerous 2024

• Georgia County Installs 'Panic Buttons' For Poll Workers As Concerns Grow Over New Rules
   
• Officials Were Prepped For A Dangerous 2024 Election — And That Was Before The Attempted Assassination 
   
• Add Fentanyl-Laced Mail-In Ballots To The List Of Threats Election Officials Must Guard Against In The Fall 
   
• Majority Of Election Officials Face Threats, And Significant Number Fear Assault, Survey Finds

• Maricopa Transforms Tabulation Center Into 'Encampment' To Avoid Another 'Lollapalooza For The Alt-Right' 

• Election Officials Get Pointers On How To Appear More Human To Extremists 
   
• Election Departments Partner With Local Police To Get Out Ahead Of Expected 2024 Threats

• Election Officials Prep For An Ugly 2024 With Mental Health And Stress Trainings For Staff

The Big Lie 2.0: Non-Citizen Voting

• Republican State Officials Do Trump's Election Denying Prep Work For Him
   
• MAGA Resurrects Most Vile Non-Citizen Voting Hysteria As It Flails In Attacking Harris
   
• MAGA State Republicans Are Helping Perpetuate Trump's Non-Citizen Voting Lie
   
• Ohio SoS Announces Expanded Effort To Deal With An Election Problem That Does Not Exist

• RNC Brings Trump's Non-Citizen Voting Fixation To Arizona Courts 
   
• GOPers Desperate To Pin Blame For Potential Trump 2024 Loss On Non-Citizen Voters 'Wherever They Are' 
   
• 'True The Vote' Put Out A Handbook Encouraging Vigilante Reporting Of Non-Citizen Voting
   
• Voting Rights Groups Fight Youngkin's Sweeping Last Minute Non-Citizen Voter Purge

RNC Voter Roll Lawsuits

• The RNC Is Suing Gretchen Whitmer To Make The Swing State's Election System Seem Sketch

The Rogue Georgia Election Board

• Safeguards Will Prevent Georgia Board From Blocking Certification Indefinitely. But Delays Could Still Wreak Havoc
   
• Trumpy Georgia Board Passes Another Disastrous Rule Blatantly Designed To Delay Election Results

• This Year, Nearly Everyone's On The Same Page: GOP Gets To Work Early To Delegitimize Election
   
• Dems Mount Legal Challenge Against Trump-Backed Georgia Election Board's New Rules
   
• Georgia Election Board, Beloved By Trump, Keeps Cranking Out Rules That May Sow Chaos

• What To Know About the MAGA-Run Georgia Board Trying to Delay Election Certification
   
• Georgia Dems Sue Kemp To Compel Him To Hold Hearing On Rogue Election Board
   
• Fulton County Judge Derails Georgia Election Board's Last Minute Plans
   
• State And National Republicans Appeal Ruling Striking Down Several Georgia Election Laws