‘Chaos at every level’: Trump allies prepare for election loss

Right-wing organisations have spent months and millions of dollars contesting ballot procedures and voter eligibility as they prepare for a fierce election.

Worthy of a national day of commemoration? The January 6 Capitol riots. AP

Eva Xiao and Peter Andringa

Oct 15, 2024 – 10.48am

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Tina Barton will never forget the moment someone threatened to kill her and her family. It was November 2020; Barton, then a city clerk in the battleground state of Michigan, had just administered the most stressful election she had ever experienced.

Her team had accidentally sent in a vote count to county officials twice; though the mistake was rapidly corrected – during a period dedicated to accuracy checks – a Republican official claimed the mix-up had given Democrats more votes.

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