'If young people and working people come out to vote in strong numbers today, we can win this election,' said SenSanders.
ahead of Election Day and Republican efforts to delegitimize mail-in voting, around 40 million Americans cast their ballots early, surpassing early turnout in the 2018 midterms.
"Overwhelmingly, they have done so without incident," Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice, wrote in aTuesday morning, arguing that"voting is the best answer to voter intimidation, election disruption, and sabotage." "It has been calm and safe, just like any other year," Waldman continued."There are a handful of exceptions—the armed men stalking some drop boxes in Arizona, blocked by a federal court, was the most visible example. But as that ruling reinforced,. Law enforcement this year has finally begun to step up to ensure safety."
"And while the voting process so far has been secure, we know that after the voting is over, the process of counting and certifying results may be the subject of conspiracy theories, violent threats, and fake news, as it was in 2020," he added."If these election deniers lose fair and square, will they ever accept the results? That would itself be a challenge to the norms of our democracy.
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday, progressive lawmakers and movement leaders have worked to spotlight the
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