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Congress certainly should look at the electoral counter act. and that is in desperate need of reform. we saw what happened on january six even before the rioting began. the baseless objections of the call on vice president pences president of the senate to falsify the tally in some way. so there is an enormous amount to be done here to bring back what we thought we would see after the florida presidential recount in 2000. which is a country that was fully committed to non partisan election admin...

From opposite sides of the aisle. ben ginsberg is one of the most recognizable republican lawyers in the country. he was the national counsel for, for example, the george w. bush presidential campaign, for mitt romneys presidential campaign. bob bower on the other side of the aisle is one of the most recognizable democratic lawyers in the country. he was white house counsel to president obama, counsel to both obama campaigns and also to the biden campaign. earlier this year, you might remember u...

Expert election administration, now we see a movement that just has to be resisted toward putting partisans in control of the electoral process where they clearly have a stake in counting the results the way they would like to see them counted. >> bob, one last very quick question that is something you mentioned in your op-ed this week. am i correct that the election officials legal defense network you and mr. ginsberg have formed, youre still soliciting volunteers? youre still looking for lawye...

Presidential campaign, for mitt romneys presidential campaign. bob bauer on the other side of the aisle is one of the most recognizable democratic lawyers in the country. he was white house counsel to president obama, counsel to both obama campaigns and also to the biden campaign. earlier this year, you might remember us covering it at the time, these two lawyers, the republican and the democrat, these two veteran very high-level lawyers, these two guys from opposite sides of the partisan politi...

March for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women confronted by riot police.

From the blog of Alexander Portnoy at The Times of Israel

Response from law enforcement thus far to those threats. one of the notable things about this defense network is the long bipartisan list from election officials across the country who signed on to this mission. their advisory board includes the republican secretary of state from georgia who you will recall was denounced by former president trump were not succumbing. he and his family were briefly forced into hiding by the death threats they received thereafter. also on the board, the democratic...

Them with these new laws in place simply to try to scare them from doing their jobs well. >> michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson on the advisory board of the new election official legal defense network. jocelyn, thank you for joining us tonight. thanks for helping us understand. >> thanks for having me, rachel. thank you. if you are a lawyer watching me right now, particularly if you are affiliated with some big law firm that does pro bono work, if you go to the legal defense website, t...

Their backs, that we express respect for professional administration and that we give them the sense that if theyre under attack they can continue to do their jobs and there will be those who have the capability to defend them. so, this is both an attempt to deter individual threats that may be very difficult for individual electioned a my stray tortoise do their job but send a message to the election official community that there will be a systematic effort to protect them and that we want them...

From pro-trump voters egged on by trumps claims that the election was stolen from him and there has been little effective response from law enforcement thus far to those threats. one of the notable things about this defense network is the long bipartisan list from election officials across the country who have signed on to this mission and have help with what theyre doing. their advisory board includes the republican secretary of state from georgia who you will recall was denounced by former pre...