We are Brendan Nyhan, of Dartmouth University, and Claire Wardle, of First Draft News, and we have been studying disinformation for years while helping the media and the public understand how widespread it is — and how to fight it. This election season has been rife with disinformation around voting by mail and the democratic process -- threatening the integrity of the election and our system of government. Along with the non-partisan National Task Force on Election Crises, we’re keen to help voters understand this threat, and inoculate them against its poisonous effects in the weeks and months to come as we elect and inaugurate a president. The Task Force is issuing resources for understanding the election process, and we urge you to utilize these resources.

**Update: Thank you all for your great questions. Stay vigilant on behalf of a free and fair election this November. **

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We have received numerous submissions concerning these editorials and have determined they warrant a megathread. Please keep all discussion on the subject to this post. We will update it as more coverage develops.

Journal Statements:

• Reviving the US CDC, The Lancet

• Trump versus Biden: a fight for the health of a nation, The Lancet

• Trump lied about science, Science

• Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden, Scientific American

• Dying in a Leadership Vacuum, The New England Journal of Medicine

• Why Nature supports Joe Biden for US president, Nature

• Not throwing away our shot, Science

Press Coverage:

• Lancet editorial blasts Trump’s 'inconsistent and incoherent' coronavirus response, The Washington Post

• America's Top Science Journal Has Had It With Trump, WIRED

• The New England Journal of Medicine avoided politics for 208 years. Now it’s urging voters to oust Trump, The Washington Post

• In a First, New England Journal of Medicine Joins Never-Trumpers, The New York Times

• Three of the Most Prestigious Scientific Journals Have Condemned Trump’s Handling of COVID-19, Slate

• Science journal editor calls out Trump administration, NBC News

As always, we welcome critical comments but will still enforce relevant, respectful, and on-topic discussion.