Meet the First Election Denier Poised to Win for Secretary of State This Year

[Nevilledog]

https://boltsmag.org/wyoming-first-election-denier-secretary-of-state/

Measured by the intensity of the media glare, Tuesday night unquestionably belonged to Liz Cheney’s bid for political survival, as the conservative Republican with the dynastic name fell in a race defined by her vote to impeach Donald Trump and her role in the investigations into the Jan. 6 insurrection. But Trump’s allies clinched another milestone on election night.

Chuck Gray, a Wyoming lawmaker, became the first election denier running in 2022 to effectively secure promotion to secretary of state, the chief office that oversees elections in the state.

Boosted by Trump’s endorsement, Gray prevailed in a competitive GOP primary to replace retiring incumbent Ed Buchanan; he beat fellow lawmaker Tara Nethercott 50 to 41 percent. His path forward is unobstructed since he is running unopposed in the general election. There will be no Democrat on the November ballot. An independent candidate still has until Aug. 29 to file a petition to run; the state’s election division told Bolts that no independent candidate had been certified as of Thursday. Someone could also mount an uphill write-in bid.

Gray’s win in the smallest state in the union comes as politicians similarly aligned with Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential race are advancing toward these critical election offices all around the country, including in critical swing states like Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. He will decide whether elections are certified in that state. Just GUESS what he will do if any Dem

wins.

[calguy]

2. Just guess what the chances of a dem winning in Wyoming is.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I dont see how we survive people like this. Technically they are not "fascists"

according to this

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/are-trump-republicans-fascists/

Because "fascists" were at a point in time that we are not in now.

But according to this


https://progressive.org/latest/yes-you-can-call-them-fascist-masciotra-081022/

Yes, You Can Call Them Fascist
The GOP and its allies have a lot in common with fascist movements of the past, so why can’t we just say that?

You can.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Luckily, Wyoming is not a swing state

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. The radicalized Republican party does not want voters interfering with their selections.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!