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• Editor’s note: 2020 has seen one of the most contentious elections in our lifetimes.
• The Washington Post Opinions page says: Trump may be running the sleaziest presidential campaign ever.
• Nowhere has this been demonstrated more clearly than in the outright voter suppression on a scale never seen here.
• White America has finally awakened to what Black Americans have known for generations – the lengths to intimidate and suppress the vote.
• These select stories outline the depths of such desperation!

[Thanks and appreciation to Shelley Lucas for collating this list.]

Mother Jones: Bill Barr Is Using an Old Voter Suppression Tactic. Don’t Fall for It.

Business Insider: Racist voter suppression tactics are making a comeback in the 2020. And Florida shows just how bad it could get.

WaPo: Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’

The Center for Public Integrity: Trump reshaped the courts. Now his lawyers want them to limit voting

BALLOT DROP BOXES:

+ Texas counties can offer only one drop-off ballot location, federal appeals court rules, upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s order
+ Federal judge issues scathing decision to allow more ballot drop boxes in Ohio

VOTER INTIMIDATION:

+ Trump Told Supporters to ‘Watch’ Voting. His Staff Is More Than Watching.
+ Why President Trump’s ‘Poll Watchers’ Are Raising Voter Suppression Concerns

SOCIAL MEDIA TACTICS:

+ Report: Social media influencers push voting misinformation
+ Fake Twitter accounts posing as Black Trump supporters appear, reach thousands, then vanish

VOTER ROLL PURGING:

+ In Ohio, voter list purges and strict ID law could suppress turnout
+ Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Voter Purge, Mail-In + Ballot Cases
+ List maintenance or voter purge? Georgia notorious in left-right divide

GERRYMANDERING:

+ A Brief History of Texas Gerrymandering
+ Inside the Republican Plot for Permanent Minority Rule
+ In Heavily Gerrymandered Wisconsin, a Bipartisan Grassroots Movement Fights for Fair Maps

VOTER ID LAWS:

+ Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act opened floodgates for new restrictions
+ Block The Vote: Texas Voter ID Laws + Gerrymandering In Michigan
+ There’s a new ruling on voter ID in North Carolina. What does it mean?