When I was trailing @JDScholten around Iowa, at every gathering there were questions about ballot integrity and how to vote safely. As things get more heated, please remember that the easiest way to subvert a free, fair election is to undermine people's faith in the processhttps://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1294413147663564801 …
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If you are following American elections from abroad, the important thing to know is that the process is local and so there are approximately 1,392,302 different jurisdictions and sets of rules. Being the world's oldest democracy means having a lot of junk in the legal attic
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You can call U.S. elections free and fair without endorsing any of the the anti-majoritarian features of the system. It's a narrow claim—a reassurance that every valid vote gets counted, and no other votes get counted. Without a general belief in this correct claim, we are sunk
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If you are an American, one of the best things you can do is volunteer to be a poll worker. This is particularly true if you are young and less at risk for covid than the elderly people who typically do this job. Everyone I know who has worked polls says it changed their thinking
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