Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast. This is where you can find extended versions of my

conversations on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and the time has come. The months of campaign chaos

and confusion are over. Election Day is just around the corner and believe me when I tell you,

I cannot wait for us to be done with this.

But are we ready?

Are we ready to process millions of votes freely and fairly

so that come election night or week or month

will be confident in proclaiming a winner?

My guest today says you should take a chill pill.

We got this.

The reality is that election infrastructure has never been more secure.

And the election stakeholder community never better prepared

to run free, fair, safe, secure elections.

Jet Easterly is the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or SISA,

for short, and from a technical standpoint, America's electoral process is solid. It's decentralized.

There are paper backups, polling monitors, fallback plans. Things will go

wrong. They always do. But as a nation, we know how to run elections. But people will tell you

perception is reality. And when it comes to public confidence in our voting systems, fewer Americans

have faith in our electoral system than ever before. About six in

ten, according to Gallup. Russia, China, Iran, all have vested interests in sowing distrust and discord

in America's voting system. But they're doing more than just watching and waiting. They're

actively interfering. And that's what I want to talk about today with my

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