Stop the Steal

There are five states where the secretary of state, responsible for election integrity, are denying the legitimacy of the 2020 election. This means that 35 million people’s votes are in the hands of officials who won’t acknowledge Biden’s win. The fear: that election outcomes will be subverted, thwarting the will of voters; that denialism is being mainstreamed as a governing ideology, at least in some states; that crucial norms of independence and neutrality for election officials are being eroded; and that new attempts to tighten voting rules, driven by false claims about widespread fraud, will further restrict access to the ballot, especially for minority communities.