The much-anticipated midterm election on Nov. ‎6 will decide far more than the partisan makeup and leadership of the 116th Congress.  It will decide the legitimacy of our election process itself.

After more than 200 years of expanding the franchise and codifying into law the right of all eligible citizens to elect representatives of their own choice, the nation faces a moment of truth:  will the combined forces of extreme gerrymandering, vast sums of undisclosed campaign money, legislated obstacles to voter registration, sweeping purges of voter rolls, racially motivated voter identification laws, undeterred foreign subterfuge, and criminal threats from the president nullify the will of the people?

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