The fight against election lies never ends for local officials
An election worker looks over ballots for readability at the Maricopa County election center on Nov. 9, 2022, a day after the election, in Phoenix. - Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS

State and local election officials across the country have begun pursuing strategies to combat election lies ahead of the 2024 presidential election: They’re meeting with community organizations, posting social media videos and even inviting skeptics to visit election offices in efforts to “pre-bunk” falsehoods they know are coming. The threat, officials said, has not gone away since former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was rigged and tainted by widespread voter fraud. The next presidential election is more than a year away, but it’s never...