Experts Think Georgia Can Withstand Trump-Backed Conspiracies
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Experts are confident the law and courts are strong enough to avoid a catastrophic outcome in the face of the threats, but the Harris campaign is hoping to win big enough that Trump's conspiracies won't matter.
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| 1:04.6 | Podcast I'm Deepishivaram I cover the White House. I'm Miles Parks I cover |
| 1:08.0 | voting and we've got W-A-B-E Sam Greenglass here from Georgia with us. Hi Sam |
| 1:12.2 | hey there. Today on the show |
| 1:14.2 | Georgia is on our mind, specifically Georgia's election and vote count. The state |
| 1:19.5 | was at the center of then President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential |
| 1:24.9 | election and across the country since then a number of local county officials have voted |
| 1:30.5 | not to certify local elections, often citing conspiracy theories. |
| 1:34.7 | So let's get into it. Sam, Georgia's election board has made news in this department recently |
| 1:40.1 | that has some election watchdogs really worried. |
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