What to know about Souls to the Polls' call for a federal probe into Wisconsin Republicans

[RandySF]

A nonprofit law firm representing Souls to the Polls on Wednesday asked federal officials to investigate Republican campaign operatives for sending text messages urging supporters of then-President Donald Trump to flood the Milwaukee voting rights group with requests to be taken to the polls on Election Day 2020.

The request comes two weeks after the Journal Sentinel reported on the text messages from new GOP executive director Andrew Iverson when he was Wisconsin head of Trump Victory, a joint operation of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee in 2020.

Iverson sent texts to "wreak havoc" with Souls to the Polls to Carlton Huffman, then Trump Victory's state strategic initiative director, who then instructed another Trump aide to carry out the directive as part of "Operation Rat (Expletive)."

"In this country, the right to vote is sacrosanct," wrote Chris Donohue, staff counsel for Law Forward, a nonprofit law firm representing Souls to the Polls. "If Iverson, Huffman and others followed through with the plans they made, as publicly reported, they may have violated numerous core federal civil rights laws, as well as Wisconsin law."




https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/08/what-to-know-about-souls-to-the-polls-cals-for-investigation-into-gop/73604035007/

[jimfields33]

1. I am not sure about this.

Both Uber and Lyft offer free rides to the polls for free. I doubt they can use party determination to pick up a rider. Souls to the polls is a method of getting people to the polls to vote. Can they make it only democratic supporters?

[mahina]

2. If the intent of the organization is to disrupt

And there is proof?