After facing a pandemic, record-setting mail ballot turnout, threats and conspiracies about vote counting, local elections officials are grappling with new laws and high scrutiny for future elections.
While Democrats have long opposed voter ID laws, their decade-long effort to convince voters hasn't budged public opinion. Large bipartisan majorities still favor showing an ID to vote.
Democrats voted to approve legislation named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. It's aimed at protecting the right to vote, but the bill faces steep Republican opposition in the Senate.
The former University of Georgia football standout is well known in his native state, but some national Republicans have been wary of Walker's candidacy.
Florida, Kansas and Ohio have enacted laws that critics say suppress voter registration drives. Some political groups have stopped doing them for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.
Voting officials, who used to operate in relative anonymity, are facing threats and intense pressure as a large chunk of American voters have no confidence the system is fair.
Colorado officials are pointing the finger at the Mesa County clerk, who's currently attending a conference promoting conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged.