Election denialism remains powerful in Republican politics | The fight to vote

Republican nominees in Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania are on the verge of claiming offices where they would have enormous power over elections

Hello, and Happy Thursday,

I'm writing this as we're still digesting the results of Tuesday's primary elections in several states, the latest test of whether Republican candidates who have embraced lies about the 2020 election can get the backing of GOP voters. So far, the results only add to the considerable evidence showing election denialism remains remarkably powerful in Republican politics.

Arizona's attorney general debunked a claim from Cyber Ninjas that nearly 300 dead people could have voted in the 2020 election in Arizona

Some voters were stealing pens from voting sites in Arizona, egged on by a conspiracy theory

A retired supreme court justice hired by Wisconsin Republicans to review the 2020 race publicly said in March lawmakers should consider decertifying the race. Privately, he said doing so was a practical impossibility".