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Fulton County, Pa., chicanery local example of Trump's lies possibly costing taxpayers September 27, 2023 | Bill Gindlesperger | Chambersburg Public Opinion Tom Corbett was Pennsylvania’s Republican governor from 2011 to 2015 and former Pennsylvania Republican Attorney General from 2004 to 2010. He knows where Franklin County is and visited regularly during his years in…

We're headed into a very scary time as Wisconsin is identified as a top worry for election watchdog September 22, 2023 | Ruth Conniff | RawStory David Becker, executive director of The Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) and co-author of “The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of the Big Lie,” said…

Democracy faces test with 2024 election August 26, 2023 | Timothy E. Wirth | CommonWealth Beacon Timothy Wirth discusses how the 2024 presidential election will present a survival test for our democracy. Today, however, we also need organizations to focus on what happens after Election Day. Dealing with such post-election problems is the mission of my organization, Keep…

Leading WI Republicans and KOR Members Advocate for Dialogue and Trust in Democracy Ahead of 2024 Election Cycle MILWAUKEE, WI - As the nation’s attention turns to the upcoming Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Keep Our Republic (KOR) urges all participants, whether on stage or not, to publicly affirm two crucial points: 1) Joe Biden won…

Remarks by Timothy E. Wirth, July 2023 Boulder, Colorado Fifty years ago I was first elected to Congress, a beneficiary of voter backlash against the chaos of the previous decade. Our country had just been through a significant stress test: could our governing structures withstand the pressures of an unpopular war, widespread anti-war protests, RFK…

Unconventional Threats to the U.S. Electoral System and the Power of Civic Engagement June 6, 2024 | Deborah McCarthy | Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy, a 2020 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow and current Senior Editor, interviews Mark Medish, co-founder of Keep our Republic, regarding unconventional threats the U.S. Electoral System…

What Might Make Joe Biden Unelectable Is a Very Scary Threat | Opinion May 1, 2023 | Tom Rogers | Newsweek I wrote a piece recently on how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made himself unelectable by doing the politically foolish thing of changing his position on abortion—denying abortion access after six weeks or even earlier.…

Artificial Intelligence Poses a Huge Threat. It's Time to Put a Seatbelt on It | Opinion April 17, 2023 | Tim Wirth, Richard Gephardt, Kerry Healey, and Jonathan M. Winer | Newsweek The 2024 presidential election is rapidly approaching, and we aren't prepared for how new artificial intelligence models will affect our elections. Fake, A.I.…

Democracy Protection Group Outlines “Hyper-localized” 2024 Election Plans April 13, 2023 | Walker Kmetz | The Dickinsonian Keep Our Republic, a non-partisan group organized in 2020 to protect election laws and strengthen the power of checks and balances in the electoral system, hosted a conversation called “Our Fragile Republic — Sounding the Alarm in Defense…

Pennsylvania gets targeted for voter education efforts by bipartisan advocacy group April 3, 2023 | Charles Thompson | Penn Live CARLISLE - A group of folks who’ve benefitted at the highest level from American electoral politics unveiled plans for a new civic education campaign Monday designed to neutralize what they fear will be fresh waves…

Former Gov. Corbett calls for ‘hyper-localized’ dialogue on democracy, civics Corbett said conversations at the local level could be the solution to distrust in elections. April 3, 2023 | Justin Sweitzer | City & State Pennsylvania Speaking Monday during a panel discussion on democracy and civics at Dickinson College, Tom Corbett, who served as Pennsylvania’s…