‘Canary in the coalmine’: New Mexico clash hints at looming election crisis

Otero county commission's refusal to certify votes over unfounded doubts blatantly flouts state election law

Hello, and Happy Thursday,

There's an incredibly important standoff playing out in New Mexico right now that is setting off loud alarm bells about the potential for overturning a future American election.

Jim Marchant, a QAnon-linked candidate who has spread baseless claims about the election, won the GOP nomination to be Nevada's top election official.

More than 100 candidates who have embraced lies about the election have won Republican primaries so far, according to a tally by the Washington Post.

The US supreme court set 4 October as the date it will hear a hugely consequential redistricting case out of Alabama.