Rachel Alexander has been one of the biggest promoters of election fraud conspiracy theories, particularly in support of Kari Lake, the Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate who (along with Alexander) still can’t admit she lost fair and square. When Lake effectively conceded earlier this year that she has no evidence to back up her claims of election fraud, Alexander stayed silent. Indeed, Alexander began her May 13 WorldNetDaily column by simping for Lake again:
We’re barreling toward the 2024 election with few safeguards in place to stop the cheating from taking place again. Most politicians aren’t even talking about it, even though very few laws have been passed since 2020 to stop the cheating. In Arizona, because the governor is now Democrat Katie Hobbs – even though an exit poll from Rasmussen Reports showed Kari Lake beat her by 8 points – she vetoes any substantial election-integrity bills.
As we’ve documented, that “exit poll” wasn’t an exit poll at all, but a regular poll conducted months after the election that was dishonestly weighted to exit polls rather than the actual election results.
Still, Alexander is so committed to the narrative — despite having been repeatedly proven false — that she’s setting up things to claim election fraud in this year’s presidential election, despite the fact that the election itself won’t happen for months. Thus, the rest of her column is devoted to instructing her fellow right-wingers how to muck with the election process so that Republicans benefit:
Since legislation has been a failure, those concerned about the cheating will need to combat it by having eyes and ears everywhere. This means flooding the polls with observers. Many election-integrity experts believe the reason Virginia went red in its 2021 election was because thousands of GOP observers descended on the polls.
Start inquiring with election officials well before the primary and general election regarding the parameters so they can’t make excuses at the last minute. They are going to try and place observers so far away that they cannot see anything, so this may need to be litigated in advance. Look up the laws regarding poll watching, and if the officials try to weasel out of anything, figure out who can bring a lawsuit before the election – state Republican parties and the RNC have been great in this area, and the RNC under its new leadership is championing election integrity. America First Legal has also emerged as a leader in these lawsuits. Republican county and state parties often organize poll-watching efforts.
This includes watching ballot drop boxes. Observers must be extra careful here, since the left is getting them kicked out by pointing to small technical violations. Look up the laws or regulations here carefully, ask election officials well in advance. Avoid talking to people dropping off ballots since the left will attempt to portray it as harassment or threats.
Many election offices have livestreams from various cameras so observers can watch from home. Organizations like We the People AZ Alliance in Arizona are very organized here, and even sued Runbeck in order to get access to some of their livestreaming. After Runbeck denied having any video in court, the company finally agreed to turn over coverage from the 2022 election to the Arizona Legislature. No one tried to prosecute the company for perjury, nor were any of the Maricopa County attorneys who argued on its behalf prosecuted or disciplined by the State Bar of Arizona.
Another significant way to make a difference is to flood the election offices and companies with employees. Those who have little to no social media presence will need to step up here, since the government agencies and contractors will not hire anyone who appears to be MAGA. Patriots need to apply for jobs at election offices and their contractors, like Dominion Voting Systems and Runbeck Election Services. Election offices hire temporary election workers for the election, especially to work at the polling locations.
At least Alexander got the name of Runbeck Election Services correct this time; last year, she got it wrong while pushing the false claim that the company lost the chain of custody for a group of ballots in Arizona.
Alexander went on to advocate waging lawfare and harassment of election officials:
It’s important to start litigation well in advance of the election if possible, so election fraud denying judges can’t claim that it’s too late, known as laches, when they’re brought during the election or afterward. Several judges have ruled that laches didn’t bar similar lawsuits in election cases, but they’re in the minority.
Talk to state legislators about conducting investigations. They can submit public records requests, issue subpoenas and conduct hearings – all in advance of the election. The more information that comes out, the better. Eventually some disgruntled employee at an election agency or company is going to see the hype about the corruption and spill the beans.
It’s important to send messages to election officials in order to hold them accountable. Tag them in posts on X, send them emails and confront them politely in public with questions and concerns. It does have an effect. Just because the courts are letting them get away with breaking the law, doesn’t mean the people have to enable it.
Finally, organize protests outside election offices calling attention to the cheating and calling officials out for any illegal actions to thwart election integrity. We have a lot of average people to wake up who are unaware of how bad the cheating is getting. There really should have been endless demonstrations after the 2020 election, but unfortunately people are afraid after what happened to the J6 protesters. We just have to be ultra careful not to break any minor law, or they’ll crack down with draconian punishments using the left-wing dominated legal system.
Actually “what happened to the J6 protesters” was that they were prosecuted for their participation in a violent attempted insurrection at the Capitol. Apparently, Alexander thinks certain criminals should be above the law if their criminal acts benefit certain partisan narratives.
Remember, Alexander is pushing all this months before the election when she cannot possibly have any evidence of alleged wrongdoing. This tell us that she wants us to push the utter lack of election fraud down the memory hole so she can make those bogus claims again. By planning a campaign of harassment and lawfare, she’s the one who’s threatening “election integrity” in order to help her preferred (right-wing) candidates win.