FILE - Jen Easterly, Director of Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks during the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State on Aug. 14, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Election officials have a long list of challenges as they prepare for the upcoming midterms. They face a myriad of threats, both foreign and domestic, as they work to protect voting systems and run a smooth election. (AP Photo/Christina Almeida Cassidy, File)
FILE - Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is acknowledged by former President Donald Trump at a rally on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. Election officials have a long list of challenges as they prepare for the upcoming midterms. They face a myriad of threats, both foreign and domestic, as they work to protect voting systems and run a smooth election. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Election officials preparing for the upcoming midterms face a myriad of threats, both foreign and domestic, as they look to protect voting systems and run a smooth election while fighting a wave of misinformation that has been undermining public confidence in U.S. elections.
The nation’s top state election officials gathered Thursday for the start of their annual summer conference, with a long list of challenges that begins with securing their voting systems.
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