What Could Go Wrong in the US Election? Rick Hasen on Nightmare Scenarios and Challenges

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

4.6 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The end is nigh! With just days to go (hours, really) until voting concludes for the 2020 US election, many Americans are losing sleep over the various ways that things could go wrong on Election Day and in the days and weeks to follow (it may be time to retire that term “Election Day,” given that most states won’t finish their ballot counting on November 3rd). Ian Bremmer takes those fears head-on with election law expert Rick Hasen. They talk about how voter suppression, administrative incompetence, and/or dirty tricks by foreign actors could affect this year’s election.

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0:00.0	I think if it came down to Pennsylvania, and we actually had to look under the hood and see how the election is actually being run, I don't think we'd be too happy with what we see.
0:10.9	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:14.2	Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:18.9	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're talking about the U.S. presidential
0:23.4	election. I'm sorry, but we have to, specifically voting, and all the perils potentially
0:29.0	lurking at the polls. Record numbers of mail-in ballots that must be counted, hundreds of lawyers
0:34.9	waiting in the wings to litigate in several swing states
0:37.7	and plenty of foreign interference and voter suppression.
0:41.4	No wonder half of all registered voters don't think we'll know the results within the first
0:45.7	couple of days.
0:46.9	My guest literally wrote the book on election meltdowns.
0:50.1	I'm talking to leading legal expert Rick Hassan.
0:52.7	Let's get to it.
0:59.9	Thank you. I'm talking to leading legal expert Rick Hassan. Let's get to it. The GZero World podcast is brought to you by our founding sponsor, First Republic.
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1:52.0	and the author of Election Meltdown, Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy.
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