Many of the election deniers running for secretary of state this year have spent their time talking about something they can’t do: “decertifying” the 2020 results
Some secretary of state nominees such as Kristina Karamo in Michigan want to roll back access to mail voting, which once enjoyed broad bipartisan support but has come under intense attack from Republicans led by former President Donald Trump. | Scott Olson/Getty Images.
But secretaries of states’ roles in elections stretch far beyond approving vote tallies and certifying results. Many of the candidates want to dramatically change the rules for future elections, too. That could include things from targeting the use of ballot tabulation machines, which have become the subject of conspiracy theories on the right, to changing forms used for voter registration or absentee ballot requests in ways that make them more difficult to use.
One common thread binding the candidates, none of whom responded to requests for comment from POLITICO about their policy platforms, is that they want to roll back access to mail voting, which once enjoyed broad bipartisan support but has come under intense attack from Republicans led by Trump.
on the day he won his state’s primary earlier this summer. “Same-day voting, we would like to go to that.”