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Issues & Answers | How America Runs Its Elections
On Tuesday, November 3, Americans vote in the midterm elections. Before the results come in, two of the country's most experienced election lawyers, one a Democrat and one a Republican, walk through how the system actually works: how votes are cast, counted, audited, and certified; where the real vulnerabilities lie and where the imagined ones do; what gives them confidence in American elections; and what still concerns them.
Bob Bauer served as White House Counsel to President Obama. Benjamin Ginsberg was national counsel to the Bush-Cheney and Romney presidential campaigns. In 2013 they…
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