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Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for Midterm Mayhem. Here’s What’s Working.

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Episode Notes

The Trump administration has sued to potentially block certification of a Senate race in Alaska, threatened California election officials with jail time, and challenged the voter rolls in 30 states. They’ve lost almost all of those cases. So with a few days to go before the midterms, should we still be worried?

Dahlia is joined by Ari Berman , national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule and Give Us the Ballot , to walk us through the legal state of play heading into Election Day. They cover the Alaska Senate race lawsuit, the California ballot-segregation case, the threat of Election Day ballot seizures and poll intimidation, and the Supreme Court’s likely role if disputed elections land on its doorstep.…

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