Elections Officials Ready for New Wave of Deniers

Politico: “Donald Trump acolytes galvanized by the former president’s false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen from him piled into last year’s campaigns for state election officer positions. And although Democrats and mainstream Republicans defeated all of those candidates in key battleground states like Michigan, Arizona and elsewhere, far more races for local election positions there and in other states will be up for grabs next year.”

“The slate of below-the-radar campaigns will test how much money and attention will be available for these critical roles in the midst of a presidential race.”