Why voter confidence is critical to democracy
The National Council on Election Integrity, a bipartisan group of more than 40 former elected officials that includes Trump’s former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, spent $1.3 million this week on television ads thanking Americans for conducting a safe and secure process.
“We can all be proud of the manner in which we conducted this election,” the group said in a joint statement Nov. 7. “We had record voter turnout. We had thousands of state and local election officials and volunteers — our friends and neighbors — who worked hard in the middle of a global pandemic to ensure our elections were safe, secure, and transparent. Our nation owes them a debt of gratitude. Over the next few weeks, it is important to remember that we are a nation of laws.”
