And dispute over how mailin ballots would be counted and some other issues of electioneering. Following the election, theres been, as everyone is aware, tremendous amount of litigation and a fair amount of uncertainty as to how and when results would be certified. , butbeen a secure election it is an election in which there is a tremendous amount of disputation over how votes would be counted and when and whose votes would count. All of that has created tremendous fodder for all kinds of conspiracy theories about the election itself. Host your proposal with new america foundation, the headline on the piece says America Needs a new federal election agency. Part of what you write is this, voting is as a result, most americans distrust our elections and unfortunately have had some reason for their skepticism. Fair, secure and straightforward voting is the foundation of a functioning democracy, but a lethal combination of partisan politics, a longstanding neglect and sheer cheapness is bec
Proposal, calling on the increased role the federal government and the National Election process. Good morning welcome to washington journal. Its a great pleasure to be with you thisfo morning. See him before he gets your proposal and me ask about the election itself. Nahor jumped four weeks hence, record turnout and by the federal governments on statement a secure election, the most secure election in u. S. History. What are some of your observations. Things that you found surprising in this years election . Guest the election was a very secure election b all standards. But, and weeks and months leading up to the election there was a tremendous amount of litigation and dispute over how mail in ballots would be counted and other issues of electioneering. And followinghe election, as everyone is aware a terminus amount ofitigation. A fair amount of uncertainty as to how and when results could be certified. So i think it has certainly been a secure election. But it isn election and which
At the Community College in new york. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. You know, elmira is, and prisoner war camps in general, have been a surprise me. Ive studied the civil war since, umm, since i was quite young, and, umm, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war, umm, but it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Umm, over 56,000, umm, died, umm, in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. And all though we understand, you know, the that this is just a small number of casualties considered the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now, we believe, umm when you consider we could have done better both north and south. You consider
Conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the civil war blog. Hello, and welcome to the emerging civil war virtual symposium. Im editor in chief of emerging civil war. Delighted to have you with us. Our first speaker today is derek maxfield. Fr it earned fame at the courthouse. Derek has recently earned fame for his brandnew book as part of the emerging civil war series. Its called hellmira, prisoner of war camp. Please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. You know, prisoner of war camps have been a surprise to me. Ive studied the civil war since i was quite young and, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Over 56,000 died in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarc
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