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turbinetree

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Tue Sep 20, 2022, 11:18 AM Sep 2022

Far-right 'constitutional sheriffs' now turn to hunting 'fraud' in midterm elections

By Areeba Shah, Salon
Published September 20, 2022

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A controversial group of right-wing sheriffs that has spread false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election and propagated Donald Trump's Big Lie is now vowing to monitor this year's midterm elections through surveillance of drop boxes and a hotline for reporting purported election fraud.

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) supports the far-right fringe belief that under the U.S. Constitution county sheriffs have extensive power that supersedes all other federal, state or local authorities. It has recently partnered up with a Texas nonprofit called True the Vote, which has peddled conspiracy theories about voter fraud. Now the two groups are promising to keep on investigating allegations about a "stolen election" in 2020 and also to police future voting. For election authorities and voting rights advocates, the combination is ominous.

This partnership provides an insight into the role the "constitutional sheriff" movement is playing in sowing doubts about the election process and monitoring how voters cast their ballots. Such efforts amount to voter intimidation and voter suppression in many cases, advocates say.

https://www.rawstory.com/far-right-constitutional-sheriffs-now-turn-to-hunting-fraud-in-midterm-elections/

Hey John Roberts what does your fucking court think of this BS........come on you can tell us.....since this is basically what you and your fucking gang created when they gutted the Voting Rights Act.......we now have intimidation from assholes that want to know how people are voting.....with fucking badges on ......and some fucking white hat with a gun....

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Far-right 'constitutional sheriffs' now turn to hunting 'fraud' in midterm elections (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2022 OP
The "constitutional sheriff" bullshit is tied to the Sovereign Citizen craziness LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #1
Until they start catching Turbineguy Sep 2022 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. The "constitutional sheriff" bullshit is tied to the Sovereign Citizen craziness
Tue Sep 20, 2022, 11:30 AM
Sep 2022

The Sovereign citizen idiots think that these sheriffs have magical powers. Sovreign citizen idiots are scary and crazy people

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