<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">-------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Robert Pape</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:rpape@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">rpape@uchicago.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 6:25 AM<br>Subject: Prof Pape in Foreign Affairs on Rise of Violent Populism in America<br>To: Pape <<a href="mailto:rpape@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">rpape@uchicago.edu</a>>, </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">BCC: <a href="mailto:JohnBrakey@gmail.com" target="_blank">JohnBrakey@gmail.com</a> <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">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:  <a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/our-own-worst-enemies" target="_blank">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/our-own-worst-enemies</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><font color="#888888" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></font></p><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Robert A. Pape<br>Professor, Political Science Department<br>Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats<br>University of Chicago<br>(773) 914-1371<br><font style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="mailto:rpape@uchicago.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">rpape@uchicago.edu</a><br><a href="http://cpost.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">cpost.uchicago.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"><tr class="gmail-acZ" style="height:auto;display:flex"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:771.513px;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-ix" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:771.513px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-c2" style="display:flex"><div class="gmail-c4 gmail-ax" aria-label="This message was forwarded." role="label" style="background-image:url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system_gm/1x/forward_black_20dp.png");background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:20px;height:20px;margin-right:8px;opacity:0.54;width:20px"></div><h3 class="gmail-iw gmail-gFxsud" style="overflow:hidden;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1"><span name="John R Brakey" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top">John R Brakey</span></span> <span class="gmail-cfXrwd"></span><span class="gmail-go" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(94,94,94)"><span aria-hidden="true"><</span><a href="mailto:johnbrakey@gmail.com">johnbrakey@gmail.com</a><span aria-hidden="true">></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="gmail-iw gmail-rapwed" style="overflow:hidden;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-bAk" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div class="gmail-gK" style="padding:0px;display:flex"><span id="gmail-:uh" class="gmail-g3" title="Sep 21, 2024, 2:09 PM" alt="Sep 21, 2024, 2:09 PM" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0px;font-size:0.75rem;color:rgb(94,94,94);display:block;line-height:20px">Sep 21, 2024, 2:09 PM (3 days ago)</span><div class="gmail-zd gmail-bi4" aria-label="Not starred" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false" style="display:inline-block;height:20px;margin-left:20px;outline:0px"><span class="gmail-T-KT" style="display:inline-flex;height:20px;text-align:center;width:20px;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:none;outline:none"></span></div></div></td><td class="gmail-gH" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;d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>lack of transparency </i>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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">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<i> for free</i> to election offices, to candidates, and to the public. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Fortunately, the infrastructure to make this possible already exists, as I outline in my paper. I invite you to review my brief paper titled <b>"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."</b> </span><a href="https://bit.ly/4gebvPJ" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">Link to PDF</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/4gebvPJ" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://bit.ly/4gebvPJ</span></a><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Sincerely,<br><b>John R. Brakey</b><br>Director, AUDIT USA<br>Formerly AUDIT AZ (2005-2017)<br>Email: </span><a href="mailto:JohnBrakey@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">JohnBrakey@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">Cell 520-339-2696</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0in;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15.4px;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Ready to See ABE in Action?</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15.4px;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"> Watch our 19-minute demonstration video to witness how ABE can transform election audits: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://youtu.be/t2bUCf8wysk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15.4px;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">https://youtu.be/t2bUCf8wysk</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0in;line-height:16.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15.4px;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Explore our detailed brochure</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15.4px;font-family:"Arial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