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“ If they lose, that just reaffirms beliefs that the whole thing is rigged. And if they win, you have people running elections who have pretty wild thoughts about how elections should be run.”
“ While I think yesterday’s election was smoothly conducted, nobody should assume that those forces, including the former U.S. president, seeking to subvert elections are going away.”
“ The question is whether the U.S. Congress can still produce foreign policy, can still produce predictability for allies, or if it will revolve around partisan debates that have very little importance to Europeans.”
“ We tend to think of election day as the peak event for disinformation. But for the past two election cycles, the most problematic narratives tend to take hold in the days after the election — especially if the vote counting stretches over a period of days/weeks.”
“ As a former election official, I can tell you that when you have new workers and new election officials, the number of mistakes goes up. How those folks respond once those mistakes are made, and how others portray those mistakes and respond to them — voters, media and others — will go a long way toward ensuring a smooth midterm election.”
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