On Wednesday morning in San Tan Valley, Arizona, I watched Kari Lake, the Republican Senate candidate, come within a few feet of violating a fundamental election law.Lake’s campaign bus had just rolled up to an early-voting site roughly an hour southeast of Phoenix.

The fight for a few downballot races like Stringham’s will determine the future of the democratic process in a county that in recent years has become ground zero for election denial. “Before I talk about the presidential election,