Voting officials face ‘an uphill battle’ to fight election lies

The deck is stacked against election officials online, maybe even more so than in 2020. Conspiracy theories can quickly get millions of views while debunks gather a fraction of the attention.

Voting officials face ‘an uphill battle’ to fight election lies
A man votes at a public library turned into an early voting polling station in Black Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 29.

The deck is stacked against election officials online, maybe even more so than in 2020. Conspiracy theories can quickly get millions of views while debunks gather a fraction of the attention.

(Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba)