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Atiba Ellis, Professor of Law, Marquette University

Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

Despite intimidation both current and historical, American voters turned out in near-record numbers on Nov. 8, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images

In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022 to accuse people who cast ballots by mail of having been ineligible to vote.

In Beaumont, Texas, 300 miles east, white poll workers allegedly followed Black voters to voting machines and stood close enough behind them to see how they voted.

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