''Vigilantes Inc.: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen'' is an American documentary film that premiered on YouTube in October 2024. The film was produced by

Martin Sheen Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and ...

. Led by investigative journalist

Greg Palast Gregory Allyn Palast (born June 26, 1952) is an author and a freelance journalist who has often worked for the BBC and ''The Guardian''. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance. He has also worked with labor unions and consumer a ...

, the film documents

voter suppression in the United States Voter suppression in the United States consists of various legal and illegal efforts to prevent eligible citizens from exercising their right to vote. Such voter suppression efforts vary by state, local government, precinct, and election. Voter ...

by "vigilante" challenges of self-appointed

electoral fraud Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share o ...

hunters, not government officials, who are targeting well over one million people to challenge and block the counting of their ballots. The majority of the vigilantes' targets are young voters and minorities. Currently, the

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-sponsored group

True the Vote True the Vote (TTV) is a conservative vote-monitoring organization based in Houston, Texas, whose stated objective is stopping voter fraud. The organization supports voter ID laws and trains volunteers to be election monitors and to spot and bri ...

has gone from 88 vigilantes to over 40,000 “volunteers” in 43 US states.

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* * {{IMDb title, tt22439720 2024 documentary films 2024 films American documentary films about politics Voter suppression Controversies of the 2024 United States presidential election

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