Voters face a complicated election as the pandemic remakes voting

Aside from Mr. Trump’s rhetoric, some Republicans and election scholars point to comments by Hillary Clinton questioning her loss in 2016 and similar remarks from Stacey Abrams about the 2018 Georgia governor’s race as damaging public faith in elections. … Such comments and a close presidential election this year are “a recipe not only for a potential for people to feel aggrieved, but also the potential even for election-related violence and unrest,” said Richard Hasen, a professor of law and political science at University of California, Irvine.