We will speak with independent journalist allan nairn and unit organizer Jane Mcalevey got how to stop and electoral coup and what went wrong in the 2000 flood recount. Then georgia flips blue for now, as joe biden pulls ahead of trump for the first time in extraordinarily tight race for the states 16 elecral votes. Ware patitly watchg as demoacy is mos definitely at stake in to see whether or no georgia will fp for thecratic candidate for First Time Since 1992. Amy will in the u. S. , millions of people are mesmerized by the president ial race, ipuerto ric the isld is dealg with its own race that produced very different results, including the election of afro puerto rican human rights feminist and l lgbtq activist ana irma rivera lassen. Is i am anmeans bt and others the black woman. The discrimination some of us may face. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Democric president ial nominee joe biden has
Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that . And how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. With that, let me turn the microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. Ellen im the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. Last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president. , we co
Picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. We have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. What happened, and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and results . If so, what was the cause . How are the two parties, democrats and republicans, going to move forward in terms of both their program, their policies, and how they position themselves electorally. The that, let me turn microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen toscano. Hello. I am cofounder of the inside american politics series. Hosted for 10 years by last year and this year come up by the center at nyu. We started the annual Conference Following the historic election of barack obama as president of the United States. Together to discuss the election of joe biden. An equally historic Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman of color. A find ourselves in transitional and dynamic moment in the transfer of power from the current president , donald t
County Elections Officials for now remains on making sure that every legal vote is counted and recorded accurately. As we are closing in on a final count, we can begin to look toward our next steps. With a margin that small, there will be likely a recount in georgia. Electionin our obviously goes far beyond our borders. From the final tally in georgia right now has huge implications for the entire country. The stakes are high and the emotions are high on all sides. Those debatest distract us from our work. We will get it right and we will defend the integrity of our elections. In some states, there are complaints about monitors not being allowed to watch the count. In georgia, this process is and will remain open and transparent to monitors. Publicmember of the raises legitimate concerns, we will investigate those. We are committed to doing anything and everything to maintaining trust in our electoral process for every georgian regardless of partisan preference. Thank you. Afternoon. I
Close the vote totals are between candidates. Good afternoon. Thank you for taking the time to be here. We are working hard to maintain communications with the media, county officials, and our voters. Our office will give unprecedented access. The voters of georgia deserve transparency. Deserve accurate, real election results. Election workers around the state are working with integrity to ensure every legal ballot is counted and no illegal ballots are counted. Right now, georgia remains too close to call. Out of the approximate 5 million votes cast, we will have a margin of a few thousand. The focus for our office in county Election Officials for now remain making sure that every legal vote is counted and recorded accurately. As we are closing in on a final count, we can begin to look towards our next steps. With a margin that small, there will likely be a recount in georgia. Interest in our election goes beyond our borders. The final tally in georgia at this point has huge implicatio