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Washington Post: What will happen if there are millions of votes to be counted on Election Night? They’ll count the votes.

Speaking at a news briefing on Friday, President Trump again raised the specter that Americans might not know who won the presidential election by the time they go to bed on Nov. 3. “What’s going to happen on November 3rd when somebody’s leading and they say, ‘Well, we haven’t counted the ballots. We have millions…

Philip BumpSeptember 18, 2020

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The New Yorker: Who Gets to Vote in Florida?

With the election hanging in the balance, Republican leaders continue a long fight over voting rights. Betty Riddle grew up in Sarasota, Florida, in a segregated neighborhood that people back in the nineteen-sixties called Black Bottom. She was raised by her mother, Idella, in a wooden house on Central Avenue. When she was twelve, Idella…

Dexter FilkinsAugust 31, 2020

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The New Yorker: What Happens if Donald Trump Fights the Election Results?

This election is probably going to reflect our greatest Constitutional challenge since the Civil War, and we must preserve our Democracy. Our votes are the way we speak and how we select our leaders.

Tim WirthAugust 21, 2020

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USA TODAY: If we don’t dispel the falsehood of an election ‘delay’ now, we risk chaos in November

President Trump is ramping up his attacks on mail-in voting by insisting election results “must” be known on election night. “No more big election night answers?” he tweeted last month. “Ridiculous! Just a formula for RIGGING an Election . . .”

Tim WirthAugust 19, 2020

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The New York Times: The Hijacking of Homeland Security

A former leader of the department says Trump is politicizing the agency and putting the nation at risk.

Keep Our Republic StaffJuly 28, 2020

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The Washington Post: As Trump demurs, an unimaginable question forms: Could the president reach for the military in a disputed election?

President Trump’s refusal to commit to accepting the results of the November election, paired with his penchant for plunging the military into the partisan fray, has prompted scholars and legal experts to ask a once-unthinkable question: How would the armed forces respond if pulled into a disputed election?

Keep Our Republic StaffJuly 28, 2020

The Washington Spectator: The Limits of ‘Lawfare’ in a Democracy: A Teaching Moment for 2024

Washington Post: What will happen if there are millions of votes to be counted on Election Night? They’ll count the votes.

The New Yorker: Who Gets to Vote in Florida?

The New Yorker: What Happens if Donald Trump Fights the Election Results?

USA TODAY: If we don’t dispel the falsehood of an election ‘delay’ now, we risk chaos in November

The New York Times: The Hijacking of Homeland Security

The Washington Post: As Trump demurs, an unimaginable question forms: Could the president reach for the military in a disputed election?