If You Can Keep It: The lurking danger of zombie lawsuits

[Dennis Donovan]

Amanda Carpenter
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Right now, Trump-aligned election deniers are burying hundreds of zombie lawsuits in the courts with designs to resurrect them to cause panic and try to overturn results they don't like in November.

We are dialed into these strategies, zombie lawsuit apocalypse included, and are going to keep you updated on everything we are tracking on this front.
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Last edited 8:20 AM · Oct 4, 2024

If You Can Keep It - The lurking danger of zombie lawsuits

Election deniers are suing — but not to win

Ben Raderstorf
Oct 04, 2024

In the United States, a flurry of litigation before elections is the new norm.

These lawsuits usually aim to influence how the election is going to be run. Obviously. Why file a lawsuit over election rules unless you’re trying to get them changed?

Except, this year something different — something strange — seems to be happening.

According to The New York Times, there are almost 90 anti-voting lawsuits filed in different states. Per Danny Hakim, Alexandra Berzon, and Nick Corasantini, this litigation is an outgrowth of lies about the 2020 election:

Voting rights experts say the legal campaign appears to be an effort to prepare to contest the results of the presidential election after Election Day should former President Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee, lose and refuse to accept his defeat as he did four years ago. The lawsuits are concentrated in swing states — and key counties — likely to determine the race. Several embrace debunked theories about voter fraud and so-called stolen elections that Mr. Trump has promoted since 2020.

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At least a third of the electorate will believe the election was stolen. Big Lie 2.0 will be much worse than v1.0.

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