On episode 74 of his podcast “In the Room with Peter Bergen,” New America vice president and ASU professor of practice Pierre Bergen examines a Michigan Republican’s efforts to restore confidence in elections.

Justin Roebuck, a county clerk in the swing state of Michigan, has a license plate that says “I Voted.” Roebuck began volunteering as an election worker when he was 16. He now oversees the election process in Ottawa County. But not everyone in his county shares his confidence in the electoral system. Like election officials across the United States, he has become accustomed to a high degree of skepticism about his integrity — and the elections he oversees. And his mission is to restore lost trust. So how did trust collapse? And what’s the big deal if it can’t be restored in a place like Ottawa County?

Listen to the episode on Audible