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Learn more about VDIT's assessment of political violence's impact on US democracy here: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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The Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker (VDIT)—which we we built alongside the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins—reveals that 51% of experts assess the impact of political violence on elections as indicating significant erosion.
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Learn more about the Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker's latest insights here: 🔗 protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
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As we ramp up to the ‘24 election, it’s critical to mitigate any threats political violence poses to the electoral process. The latest data from The Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker calculates the systemic risk political violence poses to our democracy: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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Learn more about VDIT's assessment of political violence's impact on US democracy here: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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The Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker (VDIT)—which we we built with SNF Agora— reveals that 53% of experts assess the impact of political violence on elections as indicating significant erosion and a potential for future breakdown of election processes.
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NEW: The latest data from The Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker (VDIT)—a tool we built alongside SNF Agora
—emphasizes the threat that political violence continues to pose to the electoral process: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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Learn more about the Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker and the work Protect Democracy is doing to combat political violence here: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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A year ahead of the ‘24 election, VDIT assesses that though the effect of political violence is not currently indicative of imminent democratic breakdown, its impact on elections signals significant erosion, indicating a need for extensive efforts to protect election processes.
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“The cost of political violence is not only the sum of heartbreaking individual tragedies — collectively, it erodes the foundation of our democracy,” says our own @jrdresden.bsky.social. VDIT provides a quarterly overview of impact, revealing urgent areas of concern in our democratic system.
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NEW: “The Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker” (VDIT) — a tool we built alongside the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University — calculates the systemic impact of political violence on democracy in the United States. protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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Learn more about the Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker and the work Protect Democracy is doing to combat political violence here: protectdemocracy.org/political-vi...
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A year ahead of the ‘24 election, VDIT assesses that though the effect of political violence is not currently indicative of imminent democratic breakdown, its impact on elections signals significant erosion, indicating a need for extensive efforts to protect election processes.
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BREAKING: The city of San Marcos & its police dept have agreed to settle our case alleging they turned a blind eye to the so-called “Trump Train” engaging in political violence against passengers on the Biden-Harris bus in lead-up to the '20 election.
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EVENT: Join us & Democracy Journal for a discussion on the perils of our winner-take-all electoral system & potential of proportional representation to strengthen our democracy, ft. Prof. Guy-Uriel Charles, Didi Kuo, Daniel Stid, Beau Tremitiere & Amanda Carpenter.
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As Protect Democracy’s, John Langford noted: “Robust and open debate is the lifeblood of our democracy and today’s ruling affirms that principle.” This victory was a team effort w/David K. Bowles, Ballard Spahr LLP, and Protect Democracy.
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From Jessica: “From what began as one woman’s fight, the excuses for silence have been lifted, and this illegal barrier between truth and the American people is forever removed. Democracy dies in fear and silence, but only if we let it. We refused, and we won.”
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NEW: Our client, Jessica Denson's victory to free herself from the 2016 Trump Campaign's illegal NDA now holds the force of law and applies to *all* signers. This means no candidate for public office may hide critical info from the public behind overly broad NDAs. ⬇️
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[S]tates [are] free to permit fusion voting if they choose. Our politics would be better if all did.” Bill Galston in the WSJ on how fusion voting can empower moderate voters & temper hyperpartisan politics - both essential to countering authoritarian threat.
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“Democracy is a rare form of government in human history. It is not something that comes about naturally or sustains itself automatically.”
Hear more from @ianbassin.bsky.social, recently named MacArthur Fellow, about our critical mission to preserve and protect American democracy.
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Our team is thrilled that the MacArthur Foundation has given the honor of #MacFellow to our ED, @ianbassin.bsky.social. Grateful for the spotlight this shines on our urgent and critical mission of protecting and perfecting American democracy.
Watch and learn more:
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“We’re confident we’ll soon uncover even more evidence that Defendants fabricated...their lies about our client as part of their broader campaign to sow doubt & spread falsehoods about voters & 2020 election,” Sara Chimene-Weiss to @pbump.com in WaPo on our win on behalf of a lawful GA voter.
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Protecting the civil service from politicized attacks is critically important. In a new proposed rule, OPM does just that. It's a response to the Schedule F Trump-era executive order, which laid the groundwork for firing thousands of civil servants across and replacing them with partisan loyalists.
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"This weekend, state GOP leaders convene for the Michigan Republican Mackinac Leadership Conference", and the next generation of Republicans—high school & college students—"will step into a party I barely recognize," writes our MI Policy Advocate, Matt Patton. www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
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“For a Better Democracy: Proportional Representation” — a first-of-its-kind series from leading scholars on a bold idea to strengthen American democracy. Read the case for proportional representation, in partnership w/Democracy Journal & the Democracy Fund.
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We applaud the reintro of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The improvements it proposes to the VRA, a bipartisan pillar of our democracy, are urgently needed to defend the rights of all eligible voters to participate in our elections and have their votes counted.
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“One of the most pressing challenges of American democracy, if not the most pressing challenge, is finding an appropriate method of allocating political power among an increasingly diverse… and polarized people,” write Prof. Guy-Uriel Charles and Prof. Luis Fuentes-Rohwer.
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And if you're just looking for the explanation of what the heck proportional representation is and why it would work, here, in these United States, read up on the @protectdemocracy.org website: protectdemocracy.org/work/proport...
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Protect Democracy Counsel, John Langford spoke to Chris Hayes recently about the impact that disinformation has had on the lives of GA election workers Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss, the implications of their victory over Giuliani, and the importance of standing up for accountability in our democracy. ⬇️
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While removal or inactivation of 375k Georgia voters may seem concerning, our own Georgia policy advocate, Peter Simmons and Vote Shield, analyst Clint Swift tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution it currently looks like routine list maintenance, which can be healthy for democracy.
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Today, Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for DC entered default judgment against Rudy Giuliani, holding him liable for defamatory statements he made about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman & Wandrea’ ArShaye (“Shaye”) Moss. Their statement: protdem.org/FreemanMoss
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To empower faith-based institutions to support democracy, we are partnering with Interfaith America to create a digital playbook outlining ways that campuses and faith-based institutions can serve their communities during the 2024 election and beyond.
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WATCH: Policy Advocate Chris Crawford to the global interfaith community on its role in building a broad coalition to protect democracy. "Every freedom that we enjoy - including our religious freedom - rests upon the foundation of free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power."
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“The American recipe for economic resilience and growth” is under threat in FL, writes hotelier Jared Meyers in an op-ed supporting our litigation against the so-called Stop WOKE Act. Unconstitutional speech codes don’t belong in FL or the US, says Meyers. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
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Protecting election officials, as our own Edgar Lin tells Central Time On WPR, means election workers don’t have to take threats home with them when they leave work.
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A good Republican debate would challenge the dangerous idea that Trump’s alleged criminal behavior makes him stronger - NEW from Protect Democracy's Amanda Carpenter.
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One of the best ways to secure our democracy is to protect those who run it. Wisconsin has the opportunity this session to join other states with politically divided governments, including Arizona, in enacting commonsense legislation to do just that.
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Our own Edgar Lin writes in the Journal Sentinel that serious threats exist in Wisconsin’s election ecosystem because – facing harassment and burnout – our election workers are at risk of leaving in droves.
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At the heart of the multiplying indictments of former President Trump is the Big Lie — a conspiracy that is undermining the machinery of democracy itself by falsely asserting that the 2020 election was stolen. A refresher on the lie that started it all ⬇️
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To assume that any prosecution of a political figure is political would, in effect, "immunize all high-ranking powerful political people from ever being held accountable for the wrongful things they do" said Kristy Parker, former fed prosecutor at the DOJ to the @newyorktimes.bsky.social ed board.
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Trump & his co–defendants have a constitutional right to defend themselves in court & we should all be vigilant to ensure they receive a fair trial. But attacks on prosecutors, judges, witnesses & jurors are not acceptable in a rule of law system.
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Answering those questions can help place this indictment in its proper context and determine whether the charges promote fundamental democratic principles.
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Protect Democracy created a tool that poses key questions for assessing when investigations and prosecutions of political leaders are appropriate.
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But when appropriate, holding political leaders accountable for criminal wrongdoing is necessary to ensure that no one is above the law–now and in the future. The same is true of those who assist and enable wrongdoing.
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Prosecutions of political leaders must be as independent as possible from partisan politics and must be based on the facts and the law.
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While the defendants are presumed innocent, the GA indictment represents the judgment of two separate grand juries made up of Fulton County residents that there is sufficient evidence to charge the defendants with the alleged crimes.
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The indictment of Donald Trump & other defendants for violating GA law in their effort to overturn the 2020 election is another pivotal moment for our democracy. States can and should defend the sanctity of their elections & their voters’ rights.
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