Message to Counties: Certifying Elections Is Not Optional
Many people celebrated that election denialism was on the wane. But, then counties in Arizona and Pennsylvania said: Not so fast.

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Many people celebrated that election denialism was on the wane. But, then counties in Arizona and Pennsylvania said: Not so fast.
At stake were the rights of over 70,000 Georgia voters in 27 counties who would not have been able to cast their ballots on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
If democracy prevails for another two years, it will be because of days like Nov. 3, 2022.
The cost of election vigilantism to our democracy is incalculable. Every time the “Big Lie” grows, the truth loses.
The Republican Party has abandoned decency and respect, choosing instead to break our fragile electoral system for political gain.
At We The Action, we are fighting back. We want to see a world where there are no gaps among people’s ability to access our democracy or justice.
Stymied at the ballot box, Republicans are now turning to courts directly to undo voter protections and enable election subversion.
Arizona’s top court discarded hundreds of thousands of voter signatures — without explanation — to sink a ballot measure that would expand voting rights and protect future elections.
This year, Republicans are changing their playbook, proactively filing more anti-voting lawsuits than recent years.
Next term, the six conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.