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Are We Ready for Potential Unrest Following the Election?
Food for thought from Bolivia on preparing for political turmoil
What is going to happen on and after November 3?
No one really knows but many are speculating, particularly because expanded mail-in voting will change the timeline over which results are tallied.
Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail is raising concerns about if, when, and how a peaceful transfer of power will take place, especially after calls to “stand back and stand by” and the recent domestic terrorist attack in Michigan. Doomsday scenarios are being described as some brace for disaster.
Are we ready for what is coming? Should we be doing more to brace ourselves for potential unrest?
I lived in Bolivia briefly earlier this year I continue to receive updates from the U.S.Embassy there. Today they sent out the restrictions being issued by the Plurinational Electoral Body for the upcoming presidential election this Sunday, October 18. These strict guidelines are specifically for election day as the country braces itself following their controversial election last fall which led long-term leader Evo Morales to flee the country.
These restrictions posed some food for thought.
