How Illinois county clerks are combating election misinformation
Trust in U.S. elections is eroding. Between skepticism about redistricting, fear about immigration agents at the polls, and unproven claims about widespread election fraud, Americans are losing confidence in the accuracy and security of their elections.
But many local election authorities say their effort to address misinformation and reassure voters is beginning to turn the tide, as they’ve seen less voter concern about election security.
Voter confidence in accurate vote counts dropped 17% across party lines in about a year, according to two nationwide polls from the Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections at the University of California San Diego. One poll was conducted just after the 2024 presidential election, the other in late 2025, in collaboration with UCSD’s Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research.
Voters had different reasons for why they are skeptical about the midterms — and those reasons broke across party lines, with more Republicans naming redistricting as a concern and Democrats more worried about the presence of immigration agents at the polls.
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