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The '''Transition Integrity Project''' (TIP) is a bipartisan group<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite news|title=Bipartisan Group Predicts 'Violence' When Trump Loses Election and Refuses to Leave His House|language=en-US|work=newsweek.com|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bipartisan-group-predicts-violence-if-trump-loses-election-refuses-leave-white-house-1520561|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref name=":BG">{{Cite news|title=A Bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty|language=en-US|work=BostonGlobe.com|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/nation/bipartisan-group-secretly-gathered-game-out-contested-trump-biden-election-it-wasnt-pretty/|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> of over 100 current and former senior government and campaign leaders, academics, journalists, polling experts and former federal and state government officials formed out of concern about potential disruptions to [[2020 Presidential election|2020 United States presidential election]] and transition by the RNC.<ref name="Frum">{{Cite web|last=Frum|first=David|date=2020-07-31|title=Where the System May Break|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-2020-election-could-go-wrong/614842/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> The organization was formed in late 2019.<ref name="documentcloud.org">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-04|title=Transition Integrity Project: Preventing a disrupted presidential election and transition|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7013152-Preventing-a-Disrupted-Presidential-Election-and.html#document/p1|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Documentcloud|language=en}}</ref>
The '''Transition Integrity Project''' (TIP) is a bipartisan group<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite news|title=Bipartisan Group Predicts 'Violence' When Trump Loses Election and Refuses to Leave His House|language=en-US|work=newsweek.com|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bipartisan-group-predicts-violence-if-trump-loses-election-refuses-leave-white-house-1520561|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref name=":BG">{{Cite news|title=A Bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty|language=en-US|work=BostonGlobe.com|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/nation/bipartisan-group-secretly-gathered-game-out-contested-trump-biden-election-it-wasnt-pretty/|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> of over 100 current and former senior government and campaign leaders, academics, journalists, polling experts and former federal and state government officials formed out of concern about potential disruptions to the [[2020 Presidential election|2020 United States presidential election]] and transition by the RNC.<ref name="Frum">{{Cite web|last=Frum|first=David|date=2020-07-31|title=Where the System May Break|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-2020-election-could-go-wrong/614842/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> The organization was formed in late 2019.<ref name="documentcloud.org">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-04|title=Transition Integrity Project: Preventing a disrupted presidential election and transition|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7013152-Preventing-a-Disrupted-Presidential-Election-and.html#document/p1|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Documentcloud|language=en}}</ref>


Initially convened by [[Rosa Brooks]], a law professor at Georgetown and former Pentagon senior official, and Nils Gilman, a former vice chancellor of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and historian at the [[Berggruen Institute]], members of the Transition Integrity Project include: [[Michael Steele]], a former chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]; [[John Podesta]], former [[White House Chief of Staff]] to former [[President of the United States]] [[Bill Clinton]]; former Michigan Governor [[Jennifer Granholm]], former Kentucky Secretary of State [[Trey Grayson]], former Democratic National Committee Acting Chair [[Donna Brazile]], and journalists [[Bill Kristol|William Kristol]], [[Edward Luce]], [[Max Botkin|Max Boot]] and [[David Frum]]<ref name="Frum"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2020-08-19|title=How to avert a post-election nightmare|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/18/21371964/2020-transition-integrity-project-simulation-trump|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Michelle|date=2020-08-17|title=Opinion {{!}} Trump Might Cheat. Activists Are Getting Ready.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/opinion/trump-contested-election-protests.html|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>.
Initially convened by [[Rosa Brooks]], a law professor at Georgetown and former Pentagon senior official, and Nils Gilman, a former vice chancellor of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and historian at the [[Berggruen Institute]], members of the Transition Integrity Project include: [[Michael Steele]], a former chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]; [[John Podesta]], former [[White House Chief of Staff]] to former [[President of the United States]] [[Bill Clinton]]; former Michigan Governor [[Jennifer Granholm]], former Kentucky Secretary of State [[Trey Grayson]], former Democratic National Committee Acting Chair [[Donna Brazile]], and journalists [[Bill Kristol|William Kristol]], [[Edward Luce]], [[Max Botkin|Max Boot]] and [[David Frum]]<ref name="Frum"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2020-08-19|title=How to avert a post-election nightmare|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/18/21371964/2020-transition-integrity-project-simulation-trump|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Michelle|date=2020-08-17|title=Opinion {{!}} Trump Might Cheat. Activists Are Getting Ready.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/opinion/trump-contested-election-protests.html|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>.

Revision as of 02:07, 16 September 2020

Transition Integrity Project
Formation2019
TypePolitical elections monitoring group
Location
  • United States
Region
United States
Key people
Rosa Brooks

Michael Steele

John Podesta

The Transition Integrity Project (TIP) is a bipartisan group[1][2] of over 100 current and former senior government and campaign leaders, academics, journalists, polling experts and former federal and state government officials formed out of concern about potential disruptions to the 2020 United States presidential election and transition by the RNC.[3] The organization was formed in late 2019.[4]

Initially convened by Rosa Brooks, a law professor at Georgetown and former Pentagon senior official, and Nils Gilman, a former vice chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley and historian at the Berggruen Institute, members of the Transition Integrity Project include: Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee; John Podesta, former White House Chief of Staff to former President of the United States Bill Clinton; former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, former Democratic National Committee Acting Chair Donna Brazile, and journalists William Kristol, Edward Luce, Max Boot and David Frum[3][5][6].

President Donald Trump has mused on Twitter about postponing the 2020 election spurring on the concerns that he might cheat to win the election. "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"[7] In the history of the United States, the Presidential Election has never been postponed.

Donald Trump has also claimed, without any evidence, that there are other forms of fraud happening commonly such as making a distinction between Universal Mail-In Voting and Absentee Voting. "Absentee Ballots are a great way to vote for the many senior citizens, military, and others who can’t get to the polls on Election Day. These ballots are very different from 100% Mail-In Voting, which is 'RIPE for FRAUD,' and shouldn’t be allowed!"[8]

In the summer of 2020, TIP conducted a series of war-gaming exercises.[9] The scenarios[4][10][11] examined by TIP included:

  1. Game One: An ambiguous win by Biden. The first game investigated a scenario in which the outcome of the election remained unclear from election night and throughout gameplay.
  2. Game Two: Clear Biden Victory. The Trump Campaign team again attempted to federalize the National Guard to end further vote counting and called on supporters to turn out in large numbers. The Biden Campaign established a bipartisan transition team and mobilized supporters to ensure vote counting was completed thoroughly. In this scenario, Biden won outright in the Electoral College and the popular vote.
  3. Game Three: Clear Trump Win. The third scenario posited a comfortable Electoral College victory for President Trump — 286-252 — but also a significant popular vote win—52% - 47%--for former Vice President Biden.
  4. Game Four: Narrow Biden Win. The final scenario explored a narrow Biden win where he leads with less than 1% of the popular vote the day after the election, and is predicted to win 278 electoral votes.

In August 2020, TIP released a report[4] outlining its findings and recommendations.

The report stated, "We... assess that the [sic] President Trump is likely to contest the result by both legal and extra-legal means, in an attempt to hold onto power. Recent events, including the President’s own unwillingness to commit to abiding by the results of the election, the Attorney General’s embrace of the President’s groundless electoral fraud claims, and the unprecedented deployment of federal agents to put down leftwing protests, underscore the extreme lengths to which President Trump may be willing to go in order to stay in office."[4]

The report's intention was to inspire the necessary changes to ensure a fair election in 2020. "These risks can be mitigated; the worst outcomes of the exercises are far from a certainty. The purpose of this report is not to frighten, but to spur all stakeholders to action."

[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Bipartisan Group Predicts 'Violence' When Trump Loses Election and Refuses to Leave His House". newsweek.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "A Bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn't pretty". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Frum, David (July 31, 2020). "Where the System May Break". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Transition Integrity Project: Preventing a disrupted presidential election and transition". Documentcloud. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (August 19, 2020). "How to avert a post-election nightmare". Vox. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (August 17, 2020). "Opinion | Trump Might Cheat. Activists Are Getting Ready". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Donald J Trump [@realDonaldTrump]. "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???" (Tweet). Retrieved September 1, 2020 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) {{Cite tweet}}: Invalid |number= (help)
  8. ^ Donald J Trump [@realDonaldTrump] (April 8, 2020). "Absentee Ballots are a great way to vote for the many senior citizens, military, and others who can't get to the polls on Election Day. These ballots are very different from 100% Mail-In Voting, which is "RIPE for FRAUD," and shouldn't be allowed!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2020 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Perspective | The election will likely spark violence — and a constitutional crisis". Washington Post. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  10. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/03/trump-stay-in-office/?arc404=true
  11. ^ "Experts Game Out What Might Happen If The Election Goes Off The Rails". NPR.org.
  12. ^ Blow, Charles M. (August 23, 2020). "Opinion | Trump's Campaign of Chaos". The New York Times. ISSN 1542-667X. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. ^ Lach, Eric. "What Happens if Donald Trump Fights the Election Results?". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  14. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (August 18, 2020). "How to avert a post-election nightmare". Vox. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  15. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (August 17, 2020). "Opinion | Trump Might Cheat. Activists Are Getting Ready". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  16. ^ Bouie, Jamelle (August 11, 2020). "Opinion | How to Foil Trump's Election Night Strategy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  17. ^ Tolliver, Sandy (August 11, 2020). "Will Pence choose partisanship over statesmanship in counting ballots?". TheHill. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  18. ^ Will Americans Trust the Election Process?, retrieved August 30, 2020
  19. ^ Smith, Ben (August 2, 2020). "How the DNC Could Get the Election Story Wrong". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
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