July 19, 2021

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by Hayes Brown

The Republican Party isn't being particularly sneaky about its strategy for coming back to power after losing the White House and Congress. Using former Donald Trump's Big Lie as justification, the GOP is working to make it harder for people to vote in states around the country. But there are two other steps to their plan that take place before and after voters actually go to the polls, Hayes Brown writes. 

"In three areas, the Republican Party is working to win elections not by persuading new voters to subscribe to their ideas, but by making their opponents incapable of victory," Hayes Brown writes. "Taken separately, any one of them can be an infringement on the people's right to choose their elected officials. Together, they're a nightmare for democracy."

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