“Cyberwars, voter insecurity and threats of civil unrest”

Happy to be on today’s To the Point:

Donald Trump is already raising questions about the outcome of the November election, telling supporters, “I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged. I have to be honest.” While experts discount Trump’s claims about “voter fraud,” they concede that electronic voting is vulnerable to hacking. One advisor predicts a political “bloodbath” if Trump should lose, while the Clinton campaign calls him “a reflexive conspiracy theorist.” Will the dispute lead voters to lose faith in the integrity of the electoral system? Is that the real threat to democracy in America?

Guests:
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR (@titonka)
Ryan Maness, Northeastern University (@DrManessRyan)
Allen Raymond, author and former Republican political consultant
Rick Hasen, University of California, Irvine (@rickhasen)

More:
Kurtzleben on questioning if election will be ‘rigged’ striking at the heart of democracy
Maness on American voting machines, DNC hack
Hasen’s ‘Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections’
Brennan Center for Justice on caging
Public Policy Polling on Trump voters, rigged election

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