Trump, RNC announce $10 million plan to battle Dems on voting lawsuits – By Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico) / Feb 20 2020
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping more than $10 million into a legal campaign challenging Democratic voting-related lawsuits and building a massive Election Day operation.
© Scott Olson/Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a March 2019 rally in Michigan, a key battleground state that Trump won by an extremely narrow margin over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The multi-million-dollar effort pits the two parties against each other on the issue of voting rights, with Democrats contending that they’re trying to make it easier for more people to cast ballots — and Republicans arguing that they must guard against potential fraud.
The new endeavor includes a legal challenge in Michigan, a key battleground state that Trump won by an extremely narrow margin over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The RNC and Michigan Republican Party filed a motion to intervene Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division to join a lawsuit as defendants against Priorities USA.
The Democratic super PAC has filed multiple lawsuits in the state, including challenges to laws that restrict organizers from helping voters submit absentee ballots and make it a misdemeanor to organize vehicles to transport voters to their polling places unless the voters are “physically unable to walk.”
In the filing, the RNC and state Republican Party said the laws are “constitutionally valid statutes that the legislature has enacted to help structure and ensure the integrity of the electoral environment.”
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