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Fighting bogus claims a growing priority in election offices

Affidavit printers are lined up at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The doors to the Tabulation Center are locked to all but essential election personnel at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Scott Jarrett, Maricopa County Director of Election Day Voting and Emergency Voting, talks about the Election Day voting process at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Rey Valenzuela, Maricopa County Director of Election Services and Early Voting, talks about the early voting process at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Counted ballots from the August Arizona primary are kept in a secured room at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) FILE - Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Bill Gates testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to examine a Republican-led Arizona audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona's most populous county, Maricopa, in Washington, Oct. 7, 2021. Local election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that can confuse, anger and even disenfranchise voters. Gates said he has been more vocal on social media and more available to traditional media than ever before this year, in an effort to tamp down false election claims before they get out of hand. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP, File) Tabulation machines are currently covered at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The main entrance at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)