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Why the future of our democracy will be decided in state legislatures

Oct 30, 2022

The States Project’s Founding Partner, Daniel Squadron, joined Symone Sanders on MSNBC to break down why the future of our democracy will be decided in state legislatures. In our recent analysis, we found that nearly 60% of rightwing state legislative candidates in 5 key battleground states have echoed Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Watch Daniel and Symone’s discussion below to learn how our work in the states can protect free and fair elections.

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