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The Intimidation Game
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For nearly four decades, Ben Ginsberg was one of the preeminent Republican election lawyers. Now he’s working to stop their attempts to subvert elections.
He and election law experts David Becker (Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research) join Ron Steslow to talk about the threats to elections officials and what it could mean for democracy.
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(02:10) Their backgrounds in election law
(10:03) Why they created the Election Official Legal Defense Network
(18:46) How threats to elections officials are changing
(30:50) The push for Republicans to recruit poll workers and the ‘precinct strategy’
(50:30) What will happen if we keep losing election officials?
Find the Election Official Legal Defense Network at eoldn.org
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