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A 37-Year-Old Ban On GOP ‘Ballot Security’ Efforts Is Ending

Republican National Committee “ballot security program” explainer pamphlet.
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January 10, 2019 6:00 a.m.

A federal court’s iron grip on the RNC’s Election Day activities is finally coming to an end.

A recent federal appeals court opinion gets the Republican National Committee out from under the restrictions of a decades-old consent decree imposed after flagrant voter intimidation efforts. Earlier this week, the federal appeals court rejected an effort by Democrats to extend the ban on the RNC engaging in poll-watching in the name of “ballot security.”

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