‘Constant communication:’ Key election officials swap tips and offer support in preparation for a 2020 repeat

October 9, 2024 | Sam Brodey | Boston Globe

WASHINGTON — Last month, the people who run the elections that will decide the future of the country assembled inside a conference room at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library at the University of Michigan.

Election administrators, from secretaries of state to county clerks — all hailing from the most important battleground states — were there to brief reporters about their plans to secure the 2024 election in light of the torrent of conspiracies and furor Donald Trump
unleashed in his attempt to reverse his defeat four years ago.

For the effort to strengthen a strained and worn-down democratic system, however, the fact that these officials gathered in one room, so close to an election, may have been as significant as what any of them said. …