Report: GOP "Election Deniers" Are in Position to Disrupt the 2024 Vote Tally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Now, researchers have identified dozens of "election deniers" in key swing states who are in positions of power and influence ahead of the 2024 elections, suggesting that Trump and the Republican Party are better positioned to act on disinformation and disrupt vote counting this time around.
34% : Biden's 2020 narrow victory in Georgia was fueled by turnout among Black voters and enraged Trump, who famously called Georgia's Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, and demanded that he "find" enough votes to change the outcome.
32% : To qualify as an "election denier," the candidate or official must have a record of denying President Joe Biden's 2020 victory over Trump, refusing to certify 2020 results as an election official, expressing support for the Trump campaign's baseless lawsuits or the "forensic" audits used to challenge the 2020 results, or supporting "Stop the Steal" protests and the deadly January 6 riots inspired by Trumpian conspiracy theories.
30% : However, debunked myths about voter fraud and a stolen election are still promoted by Trump to this day, and millions of his supporters believe him.
17% : This creates space for conspiracy theorists, pundits and Trump himself to cast doubt on any results they do not like.
12% : In seven of the eight swing states examined by researchers, including Georgia, self-appointed groups of Republicans submitted fake Electoral College votes for Trump in 2020.
10% : The fake elector scheme ultimately failed and resulted in criminal indictments against Trump and his allies in Georgia and at the federal level, but these cases will not be resolved before the 2024 elections and could disintegrate if Trump were to win back the White House.

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