From johnbrakey at gmail.com  Tue Sep 24 10:08:15 2024
From: johnbrakey at gmail.com (John R Brakey)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:08:15 -0700
Subject: [Electionteam] Prof Pape in Foreign Affairs on Rise of Violent
 Populism in America Re: [Electionintegrity] Large county election office
 ... yikes
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From: Robert Pape <rpape at uchicago.edu>
Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Subject: Prof Pape in Foreign Affairs on Rise of Violent Populism in America
To: Pape <rpape at uchicago.edu>,
BCC: JohnBrakey at gmail.com


Foreign Affairs just published my big piece explaining why the upcoming
election is not only the most consequential in our lifetimes, but also the
most dangerous.  Paywall free:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/our-own-worst-enemies


--
Robert A. Pape
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats
University of Chicago
(773) 914-1371
rpape at uchicago.edu
cpost.uchicago.edu


John R Brakey <johnbrakey at gmail.com>
Sep 21, 2024, 2:09 PM (3 days ago)
to Prof Pape,

*Dear Prof. Pape,*

Thank you for your insightful presentation yesterday (9/20/24) YouTube
Webinar Link.: https://bit.ly/3XBgJML

Your presentation powerfully highlighted the complexities of the upcoming
election and the perilous political climate we are facing.

I am writing to you today to let you know that our nonprofit 501(c)3
organization has developed a solution that we believe will reduce the
potential for violence in upcoming elections. Our solution is based on our
belief that it is a *lack of transparency *that has allowed the
proliferation of claims of election fraud, which in turn has led to
division in our country and an increase in violence surrounding our
elections. As you are aware, lack of trust in election results threatens
the very fabric of our democracy. Lack of transparency means that many
people do not believe election results unless their candidate wins. Lack of
transparency allows people to make false claims about election fraud
because the system is so opaque there is no compelling way to rebut those
claims.

We have found an effortless way to bring transparency to our elections and
prove to election losers (and their followers) that they really lost, as
well as confirming to the winner that they won. Our goal is to make this
solution available* for free* to election offices, to candidates, and to
the public.

Fortunately, the infrastructure to make this possible already exists, as I
outline in my paper. I invite you to review my brief paper titled *"ABE:
The Auditing Breakthrough Reinventing Election Transparency and Public
Trust—Seeing and Verifying is Believing. The Essential Step to Heal Our
Nation’s Deep Divide is Publicly Verifiable Elections."* Link to PDF
<https://bit.ly/4gebvPJ>: https://bit.ly/4gebvPJ

As a transparency activist from Arizona with over 20 years of experience in
elections across several states, including Florida, I am a Co-founder and
director of AUDIT (Elections) USA, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
improving election integrity through transparency—because transparency is
the foundation of trust in any functioning democracy, and without it our
Democratic Republic will die in darkness.

Sincerely,
*John R. Brakey*
Director, AUDIT USA
Formerly AUDIT AZ (2005-2017)
Email: JohnBrakey at gmail.com

Cell 520-339-2696

*Ready to See ABE in Action?* Watch our 19-minute demonstration video to
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On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM Jim Soper2 <jimsoper2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seen on Twitter ...
>
> from
> @DocAtCDI
> Sept 23, 2024
>
> My daughter is a county clerk; she is in charge of handling elections for
> a large county in Michigan.
>
> The FBI came in and told her to shut down all her social media, and if she
> couldn’t, to remove all references to family and change her name.
>
> No one in her office is allowed to open any mail without gloves and a
> mask. They have armed security when they enter and leave the city building.
> They receive 2-3 letters a day filled with white powder (so far, flour or
> powdered sugar).
>
> Please don’t think we’ve got this under control. There is LITERALLY a war
> going on, quietly, waged by domestic terrorists, to take away your right to
> have your voice heard.
>
> This woman, who I can’t name because her life is in danger, goes into
> combat every single day to try to protect your right to have your voice
> heard!
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