Watch Archived Video from Democracy Erosion Coalition: “The 2024 Presidential Elections: Implications and Consequences for US Democracy”
This was a great conversation with Lily Mason, Steve Levitsky, and me, moderated by Emily Clough. Watch:
Category Archives: election subversion risk
Watch Archived Video: “Election Matters 2024 | Safeguarding the Vote: Election Subversion Risks & Responses”
University of Wisconsin SDRI:
On October 18th the State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison hosted the final event in our Election Matters 2024 series: “Safeguarding the Vote: Election Subversion Risks & Responses,” sponsored by … Continue reading
“Protecting Your Vote: Nevada’s ‘swingiest’ county emerges as key battleground in election certification fight”
ABC News:
Politicos in Washoe County, Nevada, proudly refer to their home as “the swingiest county in the swingiest state,” where voters in the sprawling and sparsely populated swath of desert might very well tilt the scales of a deadlocked … Continue reading
“Clarifying the Possibility of a Contingent Election under the Twelfth Amendment”
Smart Andy Craig at Cato:
The law makes this distinction clear, carefully tracking the Constitution’s text. 3 USC §15(e)(2) provides that the whole number of electors is reduced only if a state has failed to appoint the number of electors… Continue reading
“The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway”; John Eastman Quoted Saying ECRA is Unconstitutional (It’s Not)
Politico:
Dozens of interviews with people deeply familiar or involved with the election process point to a clear consensus: Not only could Trump make a second attempt at overturning an election he loses, he and his allies are already laying… Continue reading
“Public opinion alone won’t save democracy”
Brendan Nyhan and Rocio Titiunik in Science:
The articles by Chu et al., Voelkel et al., and Tessler et al. show that online surveys, experiments, and AI-assisted deliberation can help to improve democratic attitudes and build consensus among the… Continue reading
“Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we'”
Aaron Blake for WaPo:
Shortly after the dust settled on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s allies went to great and strained lengths to distance the then-president from the insurrectionists who had stormed the U.S. Capitol. They falsely linked the… Continue reading
“Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back”
The Intercept:
Across battleground states, attorneys who helped former President Donald Trump undermine confidence in the 2020 election results are back at it, filing lawsuits that seed doubt in advance about this year’s outcome.
Some of Trump’s attorneys from the… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Fantastic Discussion with Ben Ginsberg, Larry Diamond, Franita Tolson, and Rachel Kleinfeld: “From November 5 to January 6: Are We Ready for a Fair and Legitimate Election?”
Watch this excellent discussion at the UCLA Hammer Museum, the last in our three-part series between the Hammer and the Safeguarding Democracy Project.
“At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year”
CNN:
More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump’s official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey.
Another 16 GOP electors… Continue reading
“Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust”
Important new paper from Mackenzie Lockhart, Jennifer Gaudette, Seth J. Hill, Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, and Laura Uribe. Here is the abstract:
Counting and certifying election results in the United States can take days and even weeks following election day.… Continue reading
” Vance says ‘no,’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election”
Politico:
This time, JD Vance didn’t dodge the question: “Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020? Not by the words that I would use.”
Vance has been repeatedly asked in recent weeks if he thinks his running mate lost… Continue reading
“Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States.”
ProPublica:
Right-wing strategists still talk about what happened in Detroit in 2020, when poll watchers stood outside the absentee ballot counting center, banging on windows and shouting “Stop the count!” Conspiracy theories swirled that those volunteers had been kept out… Continue reading
“Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy'”
NYT:
With three weeks left before Election Day, former President Donald J. Trump is pushing to the forefront of his campaign a menacing political threat: that he would use the power of the presidency to crush those who disagree… Continue reading