(TEMPE, AZ) From Alaska to Florida, there once was an important job in government that most Americans rarely thought about: the secretary of state.
That changed after the 2020 presidential election, when secretaries of state in places such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan were thrust into battles over election results, certification and false claims of widespread fraud.
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