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Published October 27, 2024 | Video Starts at 25:08

When a disinformation campaign threatened to engulf election officials in California's Contra Costa County, Deputy County Clerk Recorder Tommy Gong enlisted pro bono communications assistance through The Election Officials Legal Defense Network [provided] pro bono communications assistance. managed by my nonprofit, the center for Election Innovation and Research. To get ahead of the story. (25:08–25:09)

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“The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was ruined not by time, but by a bombing run in 1943 during the Second World War.”
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“The most prominent part of the old church, the badly damaged spire, was preserved in its ruined state.”
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“The normalization of lies about our election process, the refusal of unsuccessful candidates to concede, threats of violence against…”
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“Election officials [in California's Contra Costa County] have access to professional rapid response communications.”
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“President Trump won the election fairly and verifiably in 2016.”
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“President Biden won the election fairly and verifiably in 2020.”
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“Those ballots were counted fairly and accurately in all races.”
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“Relevant laws were applied in both elections, rules that were in place and known by all the candidates before voting began.”
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“Despite there being no evidence of fraud in 2020, despite Trump's own Department of Justice, Trump's own Department of Homeland Security…”
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“Our elections have never been more secure, never less vulnerable to partisan manipulation or abuse.”
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“In six battleground states, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, candidates who spread lies about past elections…”
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“Of the candidates running for Secretary of state who spread false claims about elections, only a small number won, all in non battleground…”
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“The 2022 election was a win [for democracy] whether or not every candidate or the party you supported was Vict.”
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“The 2021 electoral vote counting process held firm.”
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“In 2022, Congress did exactly that with the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at…”
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“The act set clear expectations for the ascertainment of electors and established an expedited judicial review process.”
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“It clarified that the vice President's role in the joint session is strictly ceremonial with no power to reject the electoral count…”
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“The act further limited the grounds for objections by members of Congress with clear presumptions of validity for electoral slates that…”
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“Now the bar is set at one fifth of the members of each chamber, and that only gets the issue to debate.”
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“With the new Electoral Count Reform act in place, we can be confident that the winner of the Electoral College, as determined by the voters…”
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“Efforts to subvert our elections or stage a successful coup will fail.”
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“It is very possible that the loser in 2024 will incite anger and potentially violence, as the loser did in 2020 and 2021.”
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“The House January 6th Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on threats against election workers provided platforms where…”
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“The January 6 case against former President Trump is proceeding despite the efforts of the Supreme Court to brush this all under the rug.”
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“Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems for more than $787 million due to the network's promotion of…”
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“Three prominent election deniers in Michigan were charged with felonies.”
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“Trump attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was ordered to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers who he…”
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“Giuliani, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and others have seen their law licenses suspended.”
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“Fake social media accounts created by foreign adversaries [were part of the disinformation machine].”
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“Entire media networks [were] dedicated to the lucrative propagation of the lie [about the election being stolen].”
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“Attorneys pretend[ed] to be utterly convinced that the election had been stolen.”
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“Candidates for several offices [told voters] that the election had been stolen.”
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“We need to continue the excellent work that's been started to fix the gaps and ambiguities in election law.”
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“Expanded early voting, and mail-in voting that's processed on receipt [are best practices].”
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“We need to restore civics to our education system.”
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“We need to reengage as citizens, volunteer at the polls, run for office, and simply vote.”
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“I'd like to return to the work of urging states to embrace best practices for elections.”
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“The challenge of securing [election processes] is not a partisan one.”
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