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We @CrisisGroup do not release this statement lightly.
A few things to highlight: https://www.crisisgroup.org/united-states/united-states-internal/too-much-lose-steering-us-away-election-related-violence
We @CrisisGroup do not release this statement lightly.
A few things to highlight: https://www.crisisgroup.org/united-states/united-states-internal/too-much-lose-steering-us-away-election-related-violence
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As we say, there are a number of significant risk factors present in the moment, amongst them the political polarisation bound up with issues of race and identity; the rise of armed groups with political agendas; and the higher-than-usual chances of a contested outcome
As we say, there are a number of significant risk factors present in the moment, amongst them the political polarisation bound up with issues of race and identity; the rise of armed groups with political agendas; and the higher-than-usual chances of a contested outcome
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As we say, state/local govts can act to help ensure votes are cast w/o fear of intimidation:
"In the days before the...vote, state and local govts with civil society’s support, should redouble effs to ensure voters can cast, and offls tally, ballots free of intimidation.."
As we say, state/local govts can act to help ensure votes are cast w/o fear of intimidation:
"In the days before the...vote, state and local govts with civil society’s support, should redouble effs to ensure voters can cast, and offls tally, ballots free of intimidation.."
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"...Traditional and social media should not pronounce results prematurely or give candidates a platform to declare victory until the institutional process has run its course. Foreign leaders should similarly wait before making their congratulatory telephone calls."
"...Traditional and social media should not pronounce results prematurely or give candidates a platform to declare victory until the institutional process has run its course. Foreign leaders should similarly wait before making their congratulatory telephone calls."
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"Ideally, influential figures from w/in the Republican Party and foreign leaders w/a channel to the President and his close associates would signal that interfering with the peaceful transfer of power is unacceptable and that, were he to attempt it, he would be on his own."
"Ideally, influential figures from w/in the Republican Party and foreign leaders w/a channel to the President and his close associates would signal that interfering with the peaceful transfer of power is unacceptable and that, were he to attempt it, he would be on his own."
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The rise of ring wing extremists and paramilitaries is also creating risk in the moment we find ourselves in.
"A factor is the threat of armed right-wing groups, cells and actors, like those caught...plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan..."
The rise of ring wing extremists and paramilitaries is also creating risk in the moment we find ourselves in.
"A factor is the threat of armed right-wing groups, cells and actors, like those caught...plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan..."
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"Such groups could mobilise to intimidate voters at the polls or...stir up chaos on the streets. Violent actors from elsewhere on the pol spectrum, incl. anti-authority figures who have insinuated themselves into otherwise peaceful anti-racism protests (this year)..."
"Such groups could mobilise to intimidate voters at the polls or...stir up chaos on the streets. Violent actors from elsewhere on the pol spectrum, incl. anti-authority figures who have insinuated themselves into otherwise peaceful anti-racism protests (this year)..."
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"....could meet them there. A clash that disrupts voting in an important district of a 'battleground state' like Pennsylvania, Michigan or Wisconsin, whose electoral votes might determine the election, could escalate quickly."
"....could meet them there. A clash that disrupts voting in an important district of a 'battleground state' like Pennsylvania, Michigan or Wisconsin, whose electoral votes might determine the election, could escalate quickly."
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Watch this space for more in the near future.
Watch this space for more in the near future.
