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The rallies and also the pressure campaign that the former president put on through his own department of justice to other states during the counting process, and how those states' efforts held up. so i think that's one of the themes that you'll continue to hear, is just how fragile our democracy is, how close we came, and to, again, make sure this never happens again. we want to report the facts and circumstances. this is a nonpartisan investigation and we're going to carry forward in that manner. >> in an interview wednesday, the chairman of the select committee said an invitation is on the ...

Have now lies with the republican state legislature. >> a number of states have tried to take running of elections away from professionals in giving it to politicians. so in state legislatures like georgia give power to the state legislature to potentially overturn results, that's very worrisome. >> this past year there has been no better example of a politicized counting process than the so-called audit of ballots in maricopa county, arizona. this past spring and summer by a group calling themselves the cyber ninjas. >> they have no experience at all in election audits. they're headed by this...

Time to see how you responded to this week's survey question at smerconish.com. i was asking which is a greater threat to democracy, the way we cast our ballots or the way we count them. we talked about it at the outset of the program. 76% of more than 16,000 of you who voted say it's the counting. his premise was to say, hey, passion is moving the needle. if people want to get out and vote, they're going to get out and vote. we need to pay more attention to the counting process and the changes in the law that relate to that. what do we have from social media this week? the greatest threat to ...

Chosen to do that? their goal is to end it. and ahead the struggles of being undocumented in this country. an author takes us behind her new family portrait. a new hour of american voices starts right now. let's begin this hour with the gop's campaign of lies and the far reaching consequences for the american people and for democracy. nbc news out with a new report on how two election workers in georgia are suing the right wing media website, the gateway pundit, for defamation. a site claimed ruby freeman and her daughter, shea moss, manipulated ballots during the counting process. they di...

>> trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. >> some say it never occurs. it does occur. it occurs infrequently. >> efforts making it easier to undo the results of an election. eight states have enable toed 11 laws,000 strengthen the role of partisan politicians have in determining election outcomes. in georgia, some of the power that used to belong to secretary of state brad raffensperger, someone committed to the rule of the law, now. >> a number of states have tried to take running of elections away from profession and give it to politicians. so they give power to the state legislature ...