Burden, of the Election Research Center, said it was worth worrying about: “Printers have limited machines and employees, so they can’t scale up” to meet massive demand, he said. “There’s an ongoing concern that some jurisdictions are going to be left out.”The Russians are coming. President Trump and some Republicans have ratcheted up baseless charges that voting by mail is riddled with fraud, and many on the left assume voter suppression is baked into every element of voting. Experts are especially concerned that Americans accustomed to getting election results before bedtime will embrace conspiracy theories and disinformation if the November vote takes days to sort out, as seems likely. “Everyone expects there will be a fight against disinformation that is seeking to diminish confidence in the election results — no matter who wins.”Steve Connolly can speak to that.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2020 15:14 UTC