Highlights: Republican officials in key battleground states are moving to assert more control over elections ahead of 2024 — efforts that could disrupt preparations already underway for the presidential contest.

Recently, Republican lawmakers have:

-Tried to oust Wisconsin’s elections chief after years of empowering baseless conspiracies about the 2020 election.

-Remade election boards in North Carolina in a way that could increase stalemates and imperil expansive access to early voting.

-Dismantled the election office in Texas’ largest county after a series of problems there.

Election watchdog groups warn that the moves threaten to further tear down public confidence in a system that has been relentlessly attacked since 2020.