Checks and Balance: Steal works - a podcast by The Economist

Election administration used to be a sleepy corner of American bureaucracy. Now it’s the latest victim ofextreme polarisation. A privately-funded audit of votes byRepublicans in Arizonareveals how democratic norms continue to erode since Donald Trump left office.

Idrees Kahloon reports from Phoenix. Republican Senator Jeff Flake tells us American democracy is more fragile than we thought. Kathleen Hale of Auburn University, who trains election administrators, says many have been traumatised by partisan attacks.

John Prideaux hosts with Jon Fasman.

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