I Work to Stop Election Violence in Africa. Now I Am Worried for the U.S. | Opinion

Every day seems to bring a new challenge to democracy in the U.S. In the past few months, the president actively undermined the U.S. Post Office, made unsubstantiated claims that voting by mail leads to fraud and proposed delaying the election itself. The postmaster general ordered a slowdown of mail delivery and removal of post office equipment. The federal government sent armed agents to confront and arrest protesters.

Every day seems to bring a new challenge to democracy in the U.S. In the past few months, the president actively undermined the U.S. Post Office, made unsubstantiated claims that voting by mail leads to fraud and proposed delaying the election itself. The postmaster general ordered a slowdown of mail delivery and removal of post office equipment. The federal government sent armed agents to confront and arrest protesters.