Martin Sheen claims ‘MAGA vigilantes’ are attempting to suppress voters

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Actor Martin Sheen told voters to be aware of “MAGA vigilantes” who are trying to affect the outcome of the 2024 election, arguing that they could have a “powerful effect.”

Sheen, perhaps best known for playing fictional President Jed Bartlet on NBC’s The West Wing, was promoting a new documentary project from journalist Greg Palast, Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen, which claims that “self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters” are seeking to challenge the votes of 851,000 people. Palast has said it is unclear if any of these challenges would go through, but enough could affect “the tiny margins” in the individual states.

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