In 25 states, a secretary of state is that state's chief election officer. They are at the end of the day in charge of elections in their state. The four I'm really watching the most closely is Pennsylvania where Doug Mastriano is a state senator running for governor but he can appoint the secretary of state. We're going to fight like hell for voting integrity and we're going to start with voter ID. These people are looking to gaslight us. And part of the gaslight is to corrupt the system so we no longer have control over our republic.
A quartet of 2020 election deniers are running for secretary of state this year in key swing states, raising questions about whether they could fairly administer the 2024 presidential election.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez and Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.
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