How the top election official in America’s biggest swing state is preparing for November

Pennsylvania’s Al Schmidt is pleased about progress combating threats and misinformation — but disappointed state legislators haven’t enabled faster counting of mail ballots.

September 20, 2024 | Jillian Frankel and Nnamdi Egwuonwu | NBC News

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s top state election official, outlined Thursday how administrators in the nation’s biggest battleground state are preparing to take on election misinformation and even potential violence before and after ballots are cast this year. …

“I would say one contributing factor is the volume of misinformation that voters are being subjected to — just an avalanche of it. And when it’s mis- and disinformation, it can lead, I’m sure, very sincere, well-intentioned people to act out based on that false information that they believe to be true.” -Al Schmidt