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Perhaps the most comprehensive effort in the works is called the New Battlefield Project, which aims to train tens of thousands of “democracy protectors” to observe polling places. It aims to amplify a call for in-person voting, help create a centralized information hub for Democrats in each state and ensure there is a director for election protection in all 50 states (filling gaps for the Democratic National Committee, which has fielded more than 30 and is also associated with the project).

The New Battlefield effort was launched through the Association of State Democratic Committees led by the group’s president, Nebraska Democratic State Party Chair Jane Kleeb, and Simon Rosenberg, a longtime Democratic operative and organizer who now runs Hopium Chronicles, a newsletter and grassroots group.

The observer training is modeled after Minneapolis Democrats’ training for constitutional observers, which was put together earlier this year after thousands of immigration officers descended on the city. It will train volunteers to use video on their phones to track and document behaviors of federal law enforcement or other potential threats in a lawful manner.

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[–] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The BEST we can Do is MORE Funding for ICE!

-Democratic Senators!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    The lack of mass action, or preparation for mass action, is liable to be fatal here.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    No it isn't. If mass action is required then we already failed to protect the election.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Mass action can scare the fascists into not stealing the election, or it can save an almost stolen election (say, by preventing ICE agents from manning polling stations). Without the organizational infrastructure to do these things you're basically stuck hoping America's democratic institutions work as they're supposed to, which... yeah.

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Chuck Schumer has got his most serious pen out for this one! You know, the one with the skulls on it he got from Myrtle Beach

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    That “potential” word here is very…. hopeful? Polyannaish? Aspirational? Optimistic? Yeah optimistic is the word I’m looking for here.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Turns out the "Tabletop exercise" was just Hillary Clinton playing Avalon Hill's "Diplomacy"....

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Paywalled. Who is "Democracy Protectors"?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Riots for just causes like racial equality and anti-fascism are good, actually ☺️

    But god damn, you must live in another reality if you somehow believe movements for justice are somehow the biggest disruption to elections and not the jackboot thumbs kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps. I hope you snap out of it.

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