Our View: Elections likely won't be rigged

During the past week, we’ve received a few phone calls from concerned residents regarding the upcoming general election.

The calls stem from one concern in particular: the legitimacy of the results. Fears ranging from Russian influence hijacking local results to the dead rising from the grave to cast their ballots are out there, but we think the election will remain untainted.

Sweetwater County Clerk Dale Davis said it wouldn’t be impossible to influence an election in the county, but said it would be extremely difficult to pull off. A nefarious party would have to hack into the individ...