[The Washington Post] Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states

Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/get-out-the-vote-campaigns-election/

Independent spending, often by dark money groups, is trying to increase voter turnout with creative techniques. People are being paid to contact their friends and neighbors and ask them to vote.

Well, some of this activity may be positive, it is difficult to determine where lines may be crossed, and there is no chance of regulating this activity prior to the election. People would not know who is behind these. Get out the vote efforts in many instances.

 

Texas governor exaggerates to stir up fear about non-citizen voting

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-included-americans 

Fewer than 600 people have been removed from Texas voting rolls as non-citizens, but Governor Greg Abbott claimed it was 6,000 people.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to San Francisco's disclosure law

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4919230-supreme-court-dark-money-disclosure/ 

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start. — ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting 

Ginni Thomas Email Praised Group Opposing SCOTUS Reform — ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute 

Documentary on Electoral College and January 6

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/30/one-person-one-vote-finally-a-film-that-explains-the-electoral-college-in-an-engaging-way/

Maximina Juson was making a film about the 2024 presidential election, focusing on the grassroots people (e.g., electors). She got caught up in the riot at the Capitol on January 6 and had contact with MAGA people there. She seeks to explain how the Electoral College system works.

Schweiker leads PA Republican group to encourage confidence in elections

https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/barletta-schweiker-lead-republican-group-aiming-to-restore-faith-in-pennsylvania-elections/article_aae8864e-7b62-11ef-b4df-8fa0e7a11658.html

Former Republican governor of PA Mark Schweiker and others are defending election workers, encouraging confidence in elections procedures, and trying to boost the vote. He is saying that more safeguards than ever are in place. He said it was "fantasy" to think Pennsylvania's elections were "fraught with fraud." While Trump has said that mail-in voting is subject to fraud, there are separate GOP efforts to encourage Republican voters to use it.