Rather depressing in a way, 5 ways to FUBAR. Jacob Knutson spells it out. The antidote is nervously checking current registration, or getting registered. https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible – is a good resource in how to help. Boost a local candidate. Send $$ if can.
Trump may try to undermine a fair vote this year. Here's how.
For the past year and a half, President Donald Trump has been trying to take control of U.S. elections.
He largely hasn’t succeeded. The reason is simple: The U.S. Constitution gives the president no lawful authority over how states run elections. And courts have said as much while knocking down many of his efforts.
But with each loss, Trump has grown more desperate and his actions more brazen, raising the risk that he will try something even more lawless as he struggles to stave off a Republican loss in the midterms.
With just under three months until Americans head to the polls, election officials across the country have been meeting privately to discuss how Trump may try to undermine a fair vote and to game out their responses to such attempts.
While officials have largely been tight-lipped about what scenarios they are preparing for, it’s not difficult to identify — based on the statements and actions of Trump and his allies — several alarming ways the president could undermine Americans’ right to vote this year.