Republican electoral reform project: fight for “fair” elections?

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The article discusses the main provisions of the radical bill on the reform of the US electoral system introduced by the Republicans to the House of Representatives of the 118th Congress, as well as the Democrats’ electoral initiative. It is concluded in the article that the unrealistic reforms from both parties under the aegis of the fight for «fair» elections, the mistrust of which among Americans multiplies after 2020, is primarily the need to ensure their own electoral interests.

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Evgeniy V. Antonov

Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)

Email: e.antonov@iskran.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

Kseniya S. Chestnyagina

Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)

Email: k.chestnyagina@iskran.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

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