Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a signifi cant part of America’s local election apparatus. signifi cant part of America’s local election apparatus. Th e country isn’t prepared for what they might do. Th e country isn’t prepared for what they might do. BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA In the anxious days following President Trump’s 2020 election loss—before his supporters stormed the Capitol, before his vengeful return to the White House, before the mass pardons for cop beaters—some Republican figures sought to cast his attempt to overturn the results as nothing more than a coping mechanism. …