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Beyond battling bad information, there was a need to explain a rapidly changing election process. It was crucial for voters to understand that despite what Trump was saying, mail-in votes weren't susceptible to fraud and that it would be normal if some states weren't finished counting votes on election night.
除了與錯誤信息作斗爭外，還有必要對迅速變化的選舉過程作出解釋。對選民來說重要的是要明白，盡管特朗普說了這些話，但郵寄來的選票不會受到舞弊的影響，如果一些州在選舉之夜沒有完成計票工作也是正常的。
Dick Gephardt, the Democratic former House leader turned high-powered lobbyist, spearheaded one coalition. "We wanted to get a really bipartisan group of former elected officials, Cabinet secretaries, military leaders and so on, aimed mainly at messaging to the public but also speaking to local officials—the secretaries of state, attorneys general, governors who would be in the eye of the storm—to let them know we wanted to help," says Gephardt, who worked his contacts in the private sector to put $20 million behind the effort.
民主黨前眾議院領(lǐng)袖迪克·格普哈特后來成為了一名強有力的說客，他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了一個聯(lián)盟。“我們希望建立一個由前民選官員、內(nèi)閣部長、軍事領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人等組成的真正跨黨派的團體，目的主要是向公眾傳達信息，但也向地方官員傳達信息——各州的部長，司法部長，州長都將處于風(fēng)暴的中心——讓他們知道我們想要幫助他們。”格普哈特說。他與自己在私營部門的人脈合作，為這項工作提供了2,000萬美元的資金。
Wamp, the former GOP Congressman, worked through the nonpartisan reform group Issue One to rally Republicans. "We thought we should bring some bipartisan element of unity around what constitutes a free and fair election," Wamp says. The 22 Democrats and 22 Republicans on the National Council on Election Integrity met on Zoom at least once a week. They ran ads in six states, made statements, wrote articles and alerted local officials to potential problems. "We had rabid Trump supporters who agreed to serve on the council based on the idea that this is honest," Wamp says. This is going to be just as important, he told them, to convince the liberals when Trump wins. "Whichever way it cuts, we're going to stick together."
前共和黨國會議員瓦姆普通過無黨派改革組織“一號議題”團結(jié)共和黨人。瓦姆普說：“我們認為我們應(yīng)該在自由和公正的選舉的構(gòu)成方面帶來一些兩黨團結(jié)的因素。”全國選舉誠信委員會的22名民主黨人和22名共和黨人每周至少就Zoom問題舉行一次會議。他們在六個州刊登廣告，發(fā)表聲明，寫文章，并提醒當?shù)毓賳T注意潛在的問題。我們有一些特朗普的狂熱支持者，他們認為這是誠實的，所以同意加入委員會，”瓦普說。他告訴他們，特朗普獲勝時說服自由派也同樣重要。“不管怎樣，我們都要團結(jié)在一起。”
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