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all across the country, republicans are trying to take more control over elections. and working to break down some of the defenses that manage to protect us from democratic catastrophe after the 2020 election. in wisconsin, republican officials led by senator ron johnson are taking aim at the bipartisan state elections commission. according to the new york times, they re trying to eliminate it, transferring power to republican state lawmakers and even attempting to send several of its members to jail. reid epstein brought us that great reporting in the new york times and he joins us now. reid, this is a great piece. what is this elections commission, who s on it, what does it do? chris, it s a bipartisan, six-member commission, three republicans and three democrats. it was actually created by wisconsin republicans in 2015 to replace an agency that had a little more investigatory power and teeth that republicans didn t like because they spent a lot of time investigating scott

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