For the last several months, Republicans have been perpetuating the false narrative that non-citizens are illegally voting en-masse on behalf of Democrats this cycle, as Donald Trump and his supporters manufacture voter fraud hysteria that they can point to if they lose next week.

Republican state officials across the country have bolstered this effort by announcing various voter roll purge programs and legal challenges to remove supposed non-citizens from the rolls in recent weeks and months — ominously close to the election.

One by one, however, the courts have swiftly shut down these programs and dismissed the lawsuits alleging issues with voter rolls. The across-the-board dismissals have only reinforced the idea that the GOP non-citizen voting myths have only ever been a messaging campaign meant for an audience of one.