Their matchup is one of the down-ballot races to watch this week when it comes to democracy and the oversight of U.S. In her reelection campaign this fall, Benson is facing Kristina Karamo, a community college professor who rose to prominence after falsely claiming she saw election fraud in Detroit in the last presidential race. "There will be people who choose to be politicians first and election administrators second or not at all." "We're very much in the midst of a national effort to discredit our elections," Benson said at a press briefing Thursday. In addition to the practical voting changes an election-denying voting official could implement, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, said she worries about the potential for a disruption in the election certification process in 2024 and the misinformation problems it could present if an election denier is in a position of authority and able to make lies about voting seem more credible. that just generally presents a challenge for the viability of democracy."Įlections New data sheds light on one method to combat election liesĮlection deniers have used the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen as justification to strip back voting access measures like ballot drop boxes and other forms of early voting, and to question certain election security tools like the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. "If you have a worldview where every loss amounts to the other side cheating. "The fate of democracy really hinges on whether or not losers accept defeat and whether they recognize losses as losses," said Amel Ahmed, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It's a trend that has many election officials - and democracy experts - sounding the alarm. In a different political universe, that might seem outlandish, considering hand-count audits of paper ballots and court challenges found the 2020 election to have been one of the most accurate and accessible in American history.īut in 2022, trust in elections has eroded considerably among conservative-leaning voters, sending Republican candidates to follow their lead. Voters in a number of states this midterm cycle are being presented with a stark choice: Do they want someone who denies the legitimacy of the 2020 election to oversee voting in their state? Marco Bello/Reuters Scott Olson/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images
From left to right: Republican secretary of state nominees Jim Marchant of Nevada, Kristina Karamo of Michigan and Mark Finchem of Arizona have all denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
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