Warren CornwallAs the November U.S. election approaches, anxiety is running high. There are fears of Russian meddling, breakdowns in the U.S.
mail system, intense partisan rancor, voter suppression, fraud, and the logistics of enabling people to safely vote in the midst of a deadly pandemic.So what are the seasoned election scientists’ biggest fears, and what are they doing about it?
ScienceInsider asked political scientist Charles Stewart III at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the nation’s leading experts in the science surrounding election administration.