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Flyer News: Panelists discuss potential threats to 2020 Election during a webinar held by UD Law School

Threats to the 2020 Presidential Election were discussed in a media briefing webinar hosted by the Dayton Law Democratic Transition Working Group and Keep Our Republic Tuesday. The webinar outlined potential issues in voting and harmful maneuvers from different branches of the U.S. government as reasons of concern for the fairness of the 2020 election.…

Julia PucciOctober 28, 2020

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Green Bay Press-Gazette: Results from the Nov. 3 election may take a while, but democracy is worth the wait

Given the massive technological advances in the last several decades, many of us have grown accustomed to getting the things we want quickly. Want a cup of coffee but don’t feel like waiting in line? Place your order ahead of time and it will be ready when you arrive. Want to have a conversation even…

Aaron Weinschenk, Reid Ribble and Tim WirthOctober 23, 2020

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin should not tolerate illegal private militia groups

Earlier this month, federal and state authorities charged 13 members of a private militia with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. According to the federal criminal complaint, they laid the groundwork for their scheme in Cambria, Wis., where they conducted firearms training, combat drills, and attempted to create an improvised explosive device. Had the…

Jonathan BackerOctober 18, 2020

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Harper’s Magazine: The Enemies Briefcase

A few hours before the inauguration ceremony, the prospective president receives an elaborate and highly classified briefing on the means and procedures for blowing up the world with a nuclear attack, a rite of passage that a former official described as “a sobering moment.” Secret though it may be, we are at least aware that…

Andrew CockburnOctober 15, 2020

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Scranton Times-Tribune: Prepare quickly to deal with potential slow-motion crisis

Many people who have experienced a car crash or some other emergency frequently will say “it happened in slow motion.” Those of us watching the lead-up to the election could be excused for experiencing that feeling. We are witnessing all the elements of a national emergency fall into place: political discourse riven by a passionate…

Richard Gephardt and Charlie DentOctober 13, 2020

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The Boston Globe: We’re a bipartisan group of former leaders who have joined forces to protect our democracy

More than 40 former congressional leaders, former Cabinet secretaries, retired military officials, and leaders of civic organizations have formed the bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity to ensure a democratic outcome to the 2020 election. A growing number of Americans understand that our magnificent experiment in democracy is under threat. Participating in the November presidential…

Richard Gephardt and Tom RidgeOctober 13, 2020

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NEWSWEEK: Amid Trump’s Post-Election Chaos, Hold Lawyers to Account on the Vote Count | Opinion

By Tom Rogers and Timothy E. Wirth An integral part of the Trump campaign strategy to undermine the legitimacy of the November election is to deploy 50,000 "poll watchers" into the field to challenge the validity of votes cast, particularly in swing states. Among these election disruptors will be a heavy contingent of lawyers who…

Tom Rogers and Tim WirthOctober 5, 2020

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Boston Globe: To get election coverage right, media must be patient

It was just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2000, three hours after California’s polls had closed, and the presses were on stand-by at The Wall Street Journal’s 17 printing plants, waiting for my newsroom colleagues and me to make a decision. Would we call the election for Vice President Al Gore or Governor George…

Marcus BrauchliOctober 2, 2020

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Washington Post: Counting the votes will take longer this year. That’s okay.

Tom Daschle is a former Democratic senator from South Dakota. Bill Frist is a former Republican senator from Tennessee. Both served as majority leader of the U.S. Senate and are members of the National Council on Election Integrity. As two former U.S. Senate majority leaders, we didn’t always see eye-to-eye during our time together in…

Tom Daschle and Bill FristSeptember 29, 2020

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Nieman Lab: The election could be contested and last for weeks after Nov. 3. Here’s what experts think journalists should know.

Can he do that? How many times over, say, the last four years have readers asked you that? How many times have you asked yourself? The National Task Force on Election Crises, a cross-partisan group of experts, wants reporters to know exactly how presidential elections are conducted and decided — including what happens when election results are…

Sarah ScireSeptember 29, 2020

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Morning Call: Election of 1876 holds lessons for this year’s contest

In 1876, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was preparing to leave his post in Allentown as president of the college named for his family. He would move to Philadelphia for a position at University of Pennsylvania. The city was one of the largest in the world and was abuzz with the Centennial Exposition which attracted an unprecedented…

Christopher Borick and Ari MittlemanSeptember 22, 2020

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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