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The DOJ plans to send election monitors to California and New Jersey following requests from GOP parties, aiming to ensure transparency and security amid closely watched elections, despite opposition from some Democrats who see it as interference.
After winning the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump and the GOP have gone silent on previous claims of election fraud, which were made without evidence. Trump's accusations of voter fraud in cities like Philadelphia and Detroit were dismissed by local law enforcement as baseless. The abrupt end to these claims following his victory suggests they were politically motivated rather than based on actual concerns about election integrity. Despite this, some far-right figures continue to allege fraud in past elections, comparing incomplete 2024 vote counts to 2020 results.
A Republican-led elections office in rural Georgia, known for promoting falsehoods about the 2020 election, has approved automatic hand recounts for all future elections. The decision requires elections staff in Spalding county to hand-count each ballot and compare the totals with those reached by voting tabulation machines. Hand counts are slower and less reliable than machine tabulations. The lone Democrat on the board initially supported the measure but objected when the costs to taxpayers were not considered. Hand-counting has been favored by a coalition of election-denying conservatives and some concerned liberals. The board's decision violates state election law, which requires the use of Dominion voting machines.