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It's no secret confidence in elections is eroding among conservatives.
But there are signs that willingness to consider violence as an alternative hasn't abated since Jan. 6.
"I want to go out with a baseball bat and break some dishes," said 1 woman. rawstory.com/voter-integrit…
But there are signs that willingness to consider violence as an alternative hasn't abated since Jan. 6.
"I want to go out with a baseball bat and break some dishes," said 1 woman. rawstory.com/voter-integrit…
My reporter's notebook for this piece: During lunch break for the "Voter Integrity Bootcamp," presenter Jay DeLancy told me: "They don't like you." Members of the "host committee" for the training wanted me to leave. DeLancy said they mentioned a story I wrote about "Muslims."
Based on recognizing 1 individual from a previous assignment, I surmise that the story they didn't like was about a 2017 meeting in which a Winston-Salem, NC man expressed the desire to kill Muslims, & others identified area mosques & prominent Muslims. triad-city-beat.com/local-conserva…
It’s been a long-time coming, but I am at last holding copies of my book! Feels like the past is gifting me something into this weird present, but I’ll take it. @CUP_PoliSci @MariaSoleMarsh @USFPoliticsDept cambridge.org/core/books/pol… /1 
2/ The book is a study of land and the process of electoral violence. Drawing on evidence from #Kenya’s 2007 election violence, I ask how political leaders organize violence & more so, why and when ordinary citizens participate.
3/ While many studies emphasize elite calculations, ethnic polarization, or institutional features of the state, I analyze #ElectionViolence as a joint production: a process of political mobilization requiring coordination between political leaders and ordinary citizens.
#IMO: One man shot dead by thugs during gubernatorial/state legislative #elections at Eziama Obire in Nkwere LGA. Victim said to be an agent of Peoples Democratic Party, #PDP. #NigeriaDecides2019
#ENUGU: One man #killed in Igbo-Eze North LGA. Police say Osondu Odoh, 30, was a supporter of #APC governorship candidate, Ayogu Eze. Eze’s media aide says victim was accidentally shot by #policeman. #NigeriaDecides2019 👇
#AKWAIBOM: One ballot snatcher #killed by soldier in Ikot Udo Ossiom village, Ukanafun LGA. Report says soldiers thwarted man’s first attempt to snatch boxes at polling unit, shot him when he returned for second attempt. #NigeriaDecides2019 #ElectionViolence 👇
