If you look at how the elections were conducted with county level governments effectively counting vote tallies without any serious claims of errors, that may o

If you look at how the elections were conducted with county level governments effectively counting vote tallies without any serious claims of errors, that may offer a hint as to what might work: stronger local sources of news and journalism. Social media ravaged the local news industry and exposed every hick town to the insanity of conspiracy theories. Better regulation of social media, investing in local news and journalism may be one way to allow towns to get back sources of information that they trust and believe. In fact instead of the stupid “everyone learn to code” pipe dreams, more investments in local journalism may help revitalize smaller towns to a certain extent. Local journalists focus and investigate local issues; they improve the quality of state services.