Yet, Wilentz writes, “many of even the most influential news sources hold to the fiction Trump and his party are waging a presidential campaign instead of a continuing coup, a staggering failure to recognize Trump’s stated agenda.”

Stopping that coup means first winning the election — and then ensuring that local officials certify it.

That means:

• Check your voter registration
• Volunteer
• Donate
• Organize locally so that you can turn out to pressure local officials to actually treat your ballot as valid