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Repugs fight "fraud" by disenfranchising new voters

Remember: in GOP circles, “fraud” and “integrity” are the words used to argue against allowing people to vote: the GOP never “suppresses” the vote, they just fight “fraud” and look out for the “integrity” of the election.

They’re starting early this year.

The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday asked to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to accept voter registration forms on which voters signed an oath that they are United States citizens but failed to check off a small box confirming that fact.

The suit, filed in Miami by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and Florida Legal Services, says Secretary of State Glenda Hood's decision not to count those registration forms disenfranchises otherwise eligible voters.

Republican officials say the citizenship checkoff is intended to prevent voting fraud, so the party took the rare step of asking the judge to allow it to intervene so it can then ask the judge to dismiss the case.