ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The general election is still 46 days away, but some results are already in: Dead people are not casting ballots, and noncitizens are not rushing to polling places to swing the race for president one way or the other.

That was the conclusion of top election officials from six swing states as they gathered Thursday in Ann Arbor to discuss the general election.

Those officials – Republicans and Democrats – agreed that their real problem is disinformation about unsubstantiated voter fraud.

For hours, they explained to journalists from around the country the procedures used to register people, maintain accurate voter rolls, run elections and tally the ballots. The whole event was sponsored by Keep Our Republic, a nonpartisan nonprofit working to uphold the integrity of our electoral system.

They assiduously avoided mentioning candidates for office, but it came across loud and clear that the confusion and disinformation concerning them emanate primarily from Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican Party.

This all played out as the U.S. House was stymied in partisan politics, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s failure this week to link legislation to keep funding the government after Sept. 30 to a “messaging bill” about noncitizens voting.

Johnson is risking a federal government shutdown for what election professionals on Thursday said was a minuscule problem that is easily caught and corrected.

Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, was the lone Republican election official in Philadelphia seven years ago........

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