1-26-24
*Thumb photo – Michael Alfaro working on defeating Rank Choice voting with Sarah Palin
From the article :
Others argued that the effort could disenfranchise voters who could not understand the ballot, seemingly comparing it to the literacy tests deployed to keep Black voters from voting during the Jim Crow era.
“We haven’t seen anything like this since Jim Crow laws, something that is harming American citizens’ ability to vote easily and freely,” said Michael Alfaro, a fundraiser for Donald Trump and recent South Carolina transplant who testified against the bill. “
Ahead of the Jan. 25 hearing, influencers in South Carolina conservative politics like Chad Caton VFAF Veterans for Trump national operations director , worked to organize an effort to oppose the bill, describing the method as a possible push by corporate interests to prevent Trump from winning in the 2024 presidential election.
“This is what the Democrats and the uniparty are using to get rid of our normal way of voting,” Caton said in a video posted to social media encouraging people to speak against the bill.
