Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight

为选举后的法律斗争做好准备

Fresh Air

2024-09-13

44 分钟
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Democrats and Republicans learned from the legal fight over the 2020 elections, New York Times reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how both sides are prepping for 2024 ballot box fight. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • This is fresh air.

  • I'm Terry Gross.

  • Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for legal battles over who won the presidential election.

  • Trump has repeated his claim that the only way he can lose is if there's voter fraud.

  • Hes urged police officers to be on the lookout for voter fraud, but doing so may violate some state laws.

  • Democrats are concerned that the facts may be irrelevant, as they were in 2020 if Trump claims to have won.

  • Despite all evidence against that claim, both parties have enlisted hundreds of lawyers.

  • Georgia is one of the most closely watched battleground states because the state election board has new expanded powers and the majority of members are aligned with the far right of the republican party.

  • My guest is Nick Corasiniti, a national political correspondent for the New York Times focusing on voting and elections.

  • I was also surprised and delighted to find he's also the author of a new book about the club in Asbury park where Southside Johnny got his start, the club, which Springsteen and Steve Van Zant called home.

  • The book is called I don't want to go home, the oral history of the Stone Pony.

  • Stone Pony was the name of the club.

  • Springsteen wrote the introduction.

  • We'll save time to talk about the book.

  • Cora Saniti lives in Asbury park and Brooklyn.

  • Nick Korasiniti, welcome to FReSh Air.