Harvard Social Impact Review: Agents of Change: Shaping a Resilient Democracy

O’Melveny of counsel Rex VanMiddlesworth participated in a Q&A with the Harvard Social Impact Review to discuss the opportunities and challenges in our democracy. “In the absence of dramatic movement in reforming our electoral system, there are steps that should be taken to ensure that our current system of electing leaders functions as intended,” VanMiddlesworth said. “First, voters and political parties must insist on nominating candidates who will accept the results of the election, win or lose. Second, pro-democracy organizations, elected officials, and others must prepare diligently to respond to future attempts to subvert elections. Finally, we must counter the rampant misinformation that has been deployed to foster mistrust in our election system.”

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