How to Fix an Election: Preview
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Nine voices, one election crisis. How far would you go to defend democracy?
Would you risk arrest to defend the vote? At America’s 250th, moderator Aaron Tang leads nine panelists through a gripping hypothetical election crisis that tests civic integrity. As tensions rise, the discussion exposes deep divides over protest, principle, and truth in a fractured age, ultimately asking what it will take to keep democracy alive.
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Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
How to Fix an Election: Preview
Preview: 7/7/2026 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Would you risk arrest to defend the vote? At America’s 250th, moderator Aaron Tang leads nine panelists through a gripping hypothetical election crisis that tests civic integrity. As tensions rise, the discussion exposes deep divides over protest, principle, and truth in a fractured age, ultimately asking what it will take to keep democracy alive.
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That's gonna lead to some hard questions.
This is a tough situation.
10,000 troops... People are gonna die.
Voting is too precious.
We're not gonna cancel the election.
And I'm not saying I don't wanna protect democracy.
It's what is the path to do that?
There's lawful orders and then there's awful orders.
This is about silencing dissent.
Is this a safe situation or not?
Disagreeing without war?
That's The whole point.
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