Rigging the Vote: Trump’s Threats to Elections
Sue Halpern hosts Marc Elias for a discussion on voting rights
New York Review contributor Sue Halpern hosts the attorney and voting rights expert Marc Elias for a wide-ranging conversation on threats to American voting rights, including gerrymandering, ballot seizures, and the SAVE Act.
This conversation originally aired on March 12, 2026.
Sue Halpern is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, and also writes on technology and politics for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New Republic and many other publications. Halpern is the author of eight books, most recently the novel “What We Leave Behind,” and is a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College. Halpern holds a doctorate from Oxford University.
Marc Elias is the Firm Chair of Elias Law Group, a mission-driven firm committed to helping Democrats win, citizens vote, and progressives make change. Marc is a nationally recognized authority and expert in campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting law, and litigation. He has successfully argued and won four cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as dozens of cases in state supreme courts and U.S. courts of appeal, and has successfully represented several House and Senate candidates in post-election litigation, recounts and challenges. Marc is also the founder of Democracy Docket, the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
