Chief election inspector Sharon Drefcinski alphabetizes and organizes absentee ballots that were received by mail at the municipal center in Rib Mountain, Wisconsin, during the partisan primary on Aug. 11, 2020. President Donald Trump’s supporters are branding city and county clerks as partisan actors who cannot be trusted to oversee basic processes such as counting ballots, and experts say voters should look out for social media spreading disinformation about voting. “The most insidious kind of voter suppression are posts that try to sow a lack of confidence in the integrity of our electoral systems,” says Michael Wagner, an expert on political messaging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch)
President Trump and his supporters — including Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos — are working hard to change the narrative around the election and sow doubt in the system. On the podcast today, Stephanie and Rob talk about what to look for in the misinformation and what’s important in the reality of the transition process. Plus, local officials are calling on individuals to “get back to basics” in fighting coronavirus.
