Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.
Defending Democracy
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Published by Democracy Docket
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Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.
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Recent Episodes
September 21, 2026
This is What Actually Keeps Me Up at Night
Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias shares his deepest concerns about threats to election integrity, revealing what truly worries him about the future of democracy.
September 16, 2026
Trump Made Republicans Raise Their Hands and Pledge to Cheat
Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias explains how Donald Trump's pledge demands reveal a strategy to suppress votes and enable Republican cheating.
September 14, 2026
BREAKING: Trump-Appointed Judge Blows Up His Mail Voting Scheme
Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias explains how a Trump-appointed judge blocked the USPS mail-in voting rule, impacting voter access before the midterms.
273 total episodes available with 154 transcripts
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This is What Actually Keeps Me Up at Night
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[…] So let's start with the easier of the two questions that I get asked. Mark, what will he do next? So to answer that, we have to do a little bit of a summary of what he has done so far. I promise this will be brief. He told the Republican Party in a speech at, I think it was a fundraiser, That, quote, states are just an agent of the federal government when it comes to counting ballots. That when it comes to counting ballots, quote, the states are just an agent of the federal government. OK, let's just start with the fact that isn't true. OK, like it is not the Constitution says that the states have authority to set the time, place, amount of elections. […]
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