Judge ends consent decree limiting RNC 'ballot security' activities

Republicans are free of a federal court consent decree that sharply limited the Republican National Committee's ability to challenge voters' qualifications and target the kind of fraud President Donald Trump has alleged affected the 2016 presidential race.

What is a "consent decree"?

A consent decree is an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt (in a criminal case) or liability (in a civil case)

What was the DNC/RNC consent decree?

The Consent Decree was originally entered in 1982 and was subsequently modified in 1987 and 2009.

The Decree was the result of the settlement of a lawsuit which claimed that, in connection with the 1981 New Jersey Gubernatorial election, the RNC and the New Jersey Republican State Committee attempted to intimidate the minority voters, in violation of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971, et seq. Democratic Nat’l Comm., v. Republican Nat’l Comm., 671 F. Supp. 2d 575, 579 (D.N.J. 2009), aff’d, 673 F.3d 192 (3d Cir. 2012), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 931 (2013). Specifically, the RNC sent sample ballots to areas where a large portion of the voters were ethnic minorities, then asked
that the name of each voter whose ballot was returned as undeliverable be removed from New Jersey’s voter rolls. Id. In addition, in an alleged effort of intimidation, the RNC hired off-duty law enforcement officers to patrol polling places in minority precincts. Id. The officers wore armbands that read: “National Ballot Security Task Force,” and some carried two-way radios and firearms. Id.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et
al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et
al.,
Defendants. (2016)

...because

In an alleged attempt to intimidate voters, the NCRP sent 150,000 postcards to predominantly African-American precincts warning that giving certain false information to an election official was a federal crime.

You mean it ISN'T???

Oh wait...It is

Providing false information concerning a voter’s name, address, or period of residence in order to register to vote, or to vote in a federal election (52 U.S.C. §§ 10307, 20511).

Why was the decree lifted?

in 2009, a federal judge said, all right, I'm giving it eight more years. Unless the Democrats come forward with evidence that the Republicans are still engaging in this activity, the consent decree will end as of December 1, 2017.
Decades-Old Consent Decree Lifted Against Ballot Security Measures

No evidence of RNC ballot security...plenty of evidence of DNC voter fraud...

The StoptheSteal movement has been around for a couple of years now...

Ohio State Representative Stephanie Howse testified before the
District Court that the activities encouraged by Trump are likely to intimidate voters and suppress turnout. She explained the intimidating effect of a billboard, describing voter fraud as illegal and warning about imprisonment
OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Petitioner,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.,
Respondent,
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY, ROGER STONE, STOP THE
STEAL INC.,
Defendants.

...going back to the point where the democrats consider that explaining the law and enforcing the law are magically "intimidating", and "racist".

We all know who the racists are...

"ballot security" versus "voter caging"

This is a matter of dishonestly calling law enforcement "racist" just cos

From the hive mind...

which leaves open the prospect that his administration would pursue measures putatively designed to ferret out that fraud, but which in practice suppress minority votes.
The Atlantic

The vote is fraudulent, or it isn't. What skin color the criminal is doesn't matter...unless you are a democrat deliberately using minorities to commit vote fraud so you can start screeching "MUH RACISM"

The language that leftists use to describe lawful activities carries a deceitful and powerfully emotional propaganda message.

In this case, ensuring that all votes are considered equally by vetting votes for legal eligibility, or ballot security, somehow transforms into a racist suppressive tool called "voter caging". Orwell's warning about the left's abuse of language comes to mind.