There are others — coalitions of academics, election experts and politicians — having discussions about how to curtail problems if Tuesday’s vote goes down a dangerous path. A group called The National Task Force on Election Crises includes in its membership former Bush administration officials as well as representatives from liberal groups like Public Citizen.
“The idea is to give people a bipartisan, believable, serious source of information,” said task force member Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security under George W. Bush.
Chertoff is also involved in two other groups, both formed in early October, that bring together big-name Republicans and Democrats to speak with a unified voice. He and three other former DHS chiefs lead one called Citizens for a Strong Democracy. The other — the National Council on Election Integrity — also counts former Senate Majority Leaders Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as members, along with former Trump administration director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats.
