America is facing a ballot-box coup – help us sound the alarm in 2022 | John Mulholland

All over the country, free and fair elections are under threat. This will be one of the most important stories we tell in 2022.

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Very soon we will mark the first anniversary of 6 January 2021 - a day when American democracy died a little. Just hours after the Stop the Steal" attack on the Capitol, more than 100 congressional Republicans refused to certify the results of the election.

Donald Trump had lost, but he had also won - the big lie" had firmly taken root. Since then the threats to US democracy have metastasized. Over the last few months, a new threat has emerged, one which few Americans - much less people abroad - are even aware of. It's a story that has been under-reported and yet the future of US democracy may depend on it being told.