Claims of US election fraud may see violence condoned

On August 23, two militia members were convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor and put her ‘on trial’

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  • 'Stolen election' narrative
  • The election legitimacy challenge
  • Loser's consent
  • Rule of law and voting
  • The 'stop the steal' trajectory
  • Republican concurrence
  • State legislatures and voting rules
  • Politics and violence
  • Constitutional rights and violence
  • Militia groups
  • Militias and race
  • Mobilising anger and resentment
  • Ballot monitoring
  • The confluence of elections and violence

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