“The State Officials Defending the Midterms From the President”

The midterms: Anticipating Trump sabotage

State and local officials are preparing for potential election interference

Commentary: In the 2026 midterms, state and local election officials are working hard to protect your vote

Since 2020, election misinformation and disinformation have become a rallying cry for sore losers and candidates who don’t get the results they wanted. The reality is that these lies have come at a real cost to voters, regardless of their veracity; they have weakened overall trust in our democratic systems and processes.  As the 2026 […]

“The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President”

Bart Gellman in The New Yorker, with the subhed: “Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.” The post “The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The State Officials Defending the Midterms From Trump

New Yorker: “It was not always this unnerving to be an election official. But persistent lies about voter fraud, a centerpiece of Trump’s political narrative, have set loose torrents of hostility toward the men and women who oversee balloting nationwide. There are more than ten thousand voting jurisdictions in the United States, ranging from townships […]

The state officials defending American democracy against relentless attacks by Trump

Barton Gellman writes: Now and then, not often, Deidre Henderson will still work up the nerve to drive herself to the market for milk or bread. She will sit in the parking lot in her big S.U.V., engine running, doors locked, ruminating on risk. Generally, she heads home without getting out of the car. Henderson, who is fifty-two years old, is the lieutenant governor of Utah, a Republican midway through her second term. That makes her the state’s…