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Mark Z. Barabak: Prepare ballots, set up polls, fight Trump saboteurs. Election officials have their work cut out

Lies, disinformation and harassment aimed at gumming up the system have complicated the work of election officials heading into November's midterm balloting.

This is peak busy season for those who run the country's elections, with the Nov. 8 midterms less than 60 days away.

There are polling places to be situated. Election workers to hire and train. Ballots to proofread and mail out.

And, increasingly, there is a flood of lies and misinformation to combat, along with an apparent attempt by Trump cultists to undermine the election system with a deliberate sabotage campaign.

In recent weeks, election offices around the country have been buried with public records Stephen K. Bannon and the MyPillow chief executive and nut case Mike Lindell.

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