Public Wise Cited in Democracy Docket: Exposing Election Deniers

This data is culled from Public Wise’s Election Threat Index, which tracks the impact of election deniers serving in state and local offices that work on election administration. “We created the Election Threat Index because it became really clear that most voters don’t have access to even the basic information of who controls their elections and who has jurisdiction over their elections,” said Christina Baal-Owens, executive director of Public Wise.

And the data presented in this investigation is just a  fraction of the number of election deniers on ballots throughout the country this November. Our investigation only includes sitting office-holders running for reelection in the aforementioned seven states — meaning election deniers who are running for the first time weren’t included. Also excluded in this count are those election deniers running in November who previously, but don’t currently, hold office — like former Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem. Finally, our count doesn’t include election deniers on the ballot for seats in U.S. Congress, since that data is already available.