Sandego.net – Public anxiety over election fraud is climbing as the United States heads toward the 2026 midterms, creating a volatile backdrop for an election cycle already shaped by President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict mail voting and his long record of alleging elections were stolen.

The concern is not limited to arguments over rules before ballots are cast. Trump’s false insistence that he won the 2020 election helped fuel the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the most significant assault on the building in two centuries. Five years later, his continued election-related claims appear to be finding an audience that is increasingly receptive to the possibility of widespread fraud.…