How to convince a distrusting section of the American electorate that, contrary to what conspiracy theories claim, elections aren’t rigged, and vote-tallies aren’t manipulated?
Justin Grimmer, a Hoover Institution senior fellow and Stanford University political scientist, joins Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a preeminent authority on election law, to discuss what the former’s visit to Coos County, Oregon, revealed about trust in the election process and the challenges involved in debunking election-integrity myths. Their suggestions for curbing skepticism: losing candidates admitting defeat, encouraging the public to look “under the hood” at how elections are administered, and encouraging early voting to minimize dramatic vote swings after Election Day. Also discussed: the impact (or lack thereof) of voter-identification laws and reduced early-voting windows on turnout this fall.
For more details from this episode, visit: https://www.hoover.org/research/close-encounters-coos-county-kind?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=mpp_sss_youtube
Recorded on October 28, 2024.
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“Saints, Sinners, & Salvageables: Restoring America’s Faith in Voting” is a limited podcast series examining American elections – how they work, and how accurate they are at this time of unprecedented questioning about their reliability – from the Matters of Policy & Politics podcast series hosted by Hoover fellow Benjamin Ginsberg.
For more information on this series, visit: https://www.hoover.org/saints-sinners-salvageables?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=mpp_sss_youtube
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