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Good faith and the honor of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting results – but not anymore

  • Written by Thom Reilly, Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Good faith and the honor of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting results – but not anymoreCandidate signs during the first day of early primary voting on July 7, 2022, in Silver Spring, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

As the U.S. moves closer to the 2022 midterm elections, a sizable number of Americans express a lack of confidence in the accuracy of the vote count.

That distrust is built largely on the widespread – and false...

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