How Much Do We Need to Worry About the Election Being Overturned?

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Since Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election in 2020, laws have been passed to protect our election results. But there has also been a concerted “election integrity” movement that has put election officials distrustful of the system in charge of local and county offices. And in California, only a third of congressional Republican incumbents have pledged to certify the results in November. We discuss how resilient our election system is, and whether we are now better protected from, or more vulnerable to, attacks on our democracy. Guests: Jim Rutenberg, reporter, The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent, Vox - His books include "Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted" and "The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court is Reshaping America." Jessica Marsden, director of impact programs and counsel [leading teams focused on protecting free and fair elections], Protect Democracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:35.4	For many Bay Area residents, it's not the upcoming election per se that's causing them dread.
1:41.9	Rather, it's the weeks between whatever occurs on election day and when a new president is inaugurated. We remember the chaos after the 2020 election, the endless frivolous lawsuits,
1:47.6	the unfounded accusations of voter fraud, and of course, the storming of the Capitol on January 6th.
1:53.7	That is to say, we remember that our democracy's basic mechanisms were threatened in a novel and terrifying way.
2:00.3	So what's going to happen this time?
2:01.6	We talk with reporters who've gone deep.
2:03.6	That's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. We probably need to start with a disclaimer about the nature of voter fraud.
2:25.3	Going back about 20 years, the Heritage Foundation has documented about 1,600 cases of voter fraud.
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