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538: PA will be the tipping point* and all eyes on Philly!

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I didn't ask about the roadblocks, the 50,000 thugs being trained and what more. I know that nonviolent counterparts plan to respond with music and entertainment. The PA Project and attorney general organizations are working on other ways to make in-person voting as Trump-free as possible.

Lots of money is needed to assure the best possible electoral experience. The best places to give are political campaigns and super PACs, believe it or not, and state-level grassroots organizations, 501c3s.

More takeaways:

South Korea had a successful election experience recently--with most voting done in person. But that's a location far away from here in many ways, and surely they are glad of it. People don't hate us overseas. They pity us.

"If you can crack the South, you can win," said Christopher Bruce, an activist hailing from that racist stronghold Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Lots of thin skin will be involved in this election, said Persily.

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*That is, the state that will take one of the two major candidate's totals over the 270 electoral vote total needed to win the election.

**"an alliance of academics, civic organizations, and elections experts collaborating to ensure the 2020 election can proceed with integrity, safety and equal access."

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