The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman


Journalist Ari Berman on voter suppression and threats to the 2020 election

August 28, 2020







Will the 2020 election be stolen? Will voter suppression affect the outcome? Voting rights expert and journalist Ari Berman discusses how voter suppression works and how it has already changed electoral outcomes in the U.S. He explains the strategy behind President Trump's attacks on the U.S. Postal Service and Trump's threat to deploy armed agents at polling places — a voter intimidation tactic with long history. Berman explains his nightmare scenario for Election Day 2020 — what it will take for it to happen, and how to prevent it.


Guest: Ari Berman, senior reporter, Mother Jones, author, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America