This Week in Statehouse Action: Free Fallin’ edition

It's autumn, and we're plummeting towards Election Day together.

Happy autumn!

It’s finally officially fall, and regardless of where you stand on pumpkin spice, we know that the equinox heralds the breakneck run towards Election Day, whether we’re ready for it or not.

And we’d sure as heck better be ready for it; it’s really not hyperbolic to say that democracy is on the ballot in state legislative, secretary of state, and other down-ticket races.

All Falls Down:

In fact, Republican candidates who still cling to the “big lie” that Donald Trump won the 2020 election (he didn’t) are on the November ballot in at least one-third of attorney general and secretary of state races, according to States United Democracy Center.

This is plenty terrifying on its own, considering the power of secretaries of state and attorneys general to: 

• Make voting more difficult, 

• Permit and execute unwarranted audits into election results, 

• Overzealously prosecute suppos…