On Nov, 5, 2024, tens of millions of Americans—perhaps well over of them—will head to polls across the country to make their selections for local, state, and federal leaders, as well as weigh in on an array of ballot questions on everything from abortion rights to approving proposed increases in the minimum wage. In fact, some Americans have already . Throughout the modern era, Americans of all political stripes this perennial exercise of holding and certifying "free and fair" elections as not only somewhat routine but as the benchmark by which the rest of the world should measure their own election management systems.
Internationally, perhaps no single U.S. institution represents the prestige and integrity of the U.
S. electoral system than the , which has conducted 125 election observation missions in 40 countries since it began this type of work in 1989. But this year's U.
S. election is different. Depending on how everything unfolds could drastically alter the international community's perception of America's role as the paradigm of how elections should be run.
Only believe that the 2024 elections will be both "honest and open," while nearly half of voters harbor serious doubts about our institutions' ability to maintain election integrity. How we got to this point , in which the stepped in to deliver a close victory to over . This has since been fueled by former President 's in the wake of his defeat in the 2020 presidential contest.
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