Publisher's Synopsis
Author Platform: Major Garrett is Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News. David Becker is Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, and he serves as CBS's election law expert. Midterm Election Timing: To publish in the lead-up to the contentious midterm elections, this will be the only book to counter Trump's ongoing Big Lie conspiracy mongering, cover the Big Lie's usage in 2022 campaigns, and to cover the ongoing state-level assault on voting rights and election boards. Counter the Big Lie with a Cavalcade of Facts: In direct, factual response to books like Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections (BookScan sales of 59,534) and January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right by Julie Kelly. Boots on the Ground: Features interviews with and journalism on everyday American poll workers across the country who oversaw a true and fair election, and whose lives were upended and threatened in the midst of Trump-loyalist allegations of election fraud. Interviews with Top Election Officials of All Stripes: Hard-hitting interviews with Republican and Democrat election officials, like Bucks County, Pennsylvania, election director Thomas Freitag and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The Big Truth About the Attack on Voting Right and Election Oversight: Unlike other 2020 Election books, this one dives deeply into methods being undertaken RIGHT NOW to undercut faith, belief, and effectiveness of elections, identifying the places where the most dire actions have been taken since 2020—where election laws have been changed or election officials been hounded out of office, retired out of frustration/fatigue or been replaced by pro-Trump political figures. A Book That Looks Forward to Future Elections: Examines the knowable truths of election management and the basics of a sane future of elections that fortify our government and preserve the genuine blessings of the American experiment. Tackling Head-On the Issue of Silicon Valley Money in the Election: The first book to explain what the money actually did, how it was spent, and what it did not do—it DID NOT alter election outcomes but rather made the election itself functional, safe and verifiable. 2020 Election Reporting Focus in Key States: Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Top-Level Election Analysis: Becker's Center for Election and Research has the nation's most impressive election data and analysis, and it assists states to maintain accurate and complete voter lists and secure election technology infrastructure. Outstanding Social Media Presence: Major Garrett has 185,400 Twitter followers and 7,365 Facebook followers, plus two podcasts that he hosts—"The Debrief" and "The Takeout.".
