Inside the unprecedented threats election officials are facing ahead of mid-terms

NPR | By Frank Langfitt

Published September 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM EDT

Hundreds of election officials from around the country are meeting to discuss how to defend the integrity of the mid-term elections, including against federal government interference.

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Frank Langfitt is NPR's Roving National Correspondent. He has covered everything from threats to democracy and the use of inflatable animals as political props to America’s biggest croquet tournament, its oldest fiddler’s convention and the creative process behind Born to Run.

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