A plan to address political violence before Election Day

The American electorate goes to the polls to exercise its franchise this fall, as it has more than a hundred times since 1788. But not since 1968 — a tumultuous year marked by assassinations, division and widespread rioting — has the threat of political violence loomed as large as it does today.

The attempted assassination of former President Trump is still fresh in America’s collective memory. The deadly Capitol riot seeking to undo the result of the nation’s last presidential vote is not far removed.