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Thanks to @rickhasen for spearheading this report on holding fair elections during a crisis. It was my pleasure to contribute (in a small way) along with a bevy of amazing co-authors. Some keys points in thread.
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Media outlets need to do a lot of work to set expectations about how fair elections go - counting takes a long time, ensuring security takes a long time with mail-in ballots, *many elections should be considered too close to call on election day* - that's normal now
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We need many bipartisan groups working together... "to affirm a set of core principles
that should govern elections and warn against the erosion of core democratic norms."
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that should govern elections and warn against the erosion of core democratic norms."
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After months of hard work, complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a bipartisan, diverse group of scholars and leaders has released a new report on IMMEDIATE steps that need to be taken in law, media, politics, and tech to avoid a November election meltdown. #FairElectionCrisis /1
Fair Elections During a Crisis: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, $ the Public’s Confidence in, the Nov. 2020 U.S. Elections, details 14 URGENT recommendations. Available here: law.uci.edu/2020ElectionRe… #FairElectionsCrisis /2
Here is the context in which we prepared the report: #FairElectionsCrisis /3 
