Important @rickhasen piece on the growing danger of election subversion, which has been painfully overlooked in recent months
https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1385569083920314370?s=20
He offers a few possible actions Congress might consider:
--ensure paper balloting
--fix the electoral count act
--impose basic safeguards on vote counting
--support local election administration
--ensure paper balloting
--fix the electoral count act
--impose basic safeguards on vote counting
--support local election administration
My sense is that this is probably only the start of the conversation on how to address these kind of issues.
Progressives have spent years thinking about expanding voter access. Few people have spent time any time thinking about election subversion
Progressives have spent years thinking about expanding voter access. Few people have spent time any time thinking about election subversion
Relatedly, my piece on the issue from a few weeks back
nytimes.com/2021/04/06/ups…
nytimes.com/2021/04/06/ups…
A couple of other nexus points that deserve thought:
--certification issues, potentially even including federal involvement
--preventing mediocre allegations, like lists of 'dead' people, from becoming a pretextual basis for eligibility challenges or invalidating results
--certification issues, potentially even including federal involvement
--preventing mediocre allegations, like lists of 'dead' people, from becoming a pretextual basis for eligibility challenges or invalidating results
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