It sounds like something out of the Old West, but this year, Constitutional Sheriffs — law enforcement officers who believe they’re above state and federal oversight — have rounded up posses and set their sights on election security. WIRED’s Tim Marchman talks with reporter David Gilbert about how the Constitutional Sheriffs hitched their wagons to the big guns in the election denial movement, and how just one rogue county sheriff could call the entire presidential race into question.  Tim Marchman is @<a href="https://twitter.com/timmarchman">timmarchman</a>. David Gilbert is @<a href="https://twitter.com/daithaigilbert">DaithaiGilbert</a>. Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter <a href="https://www.wired.com/newsletter/politics-lab?sourceCode=PodcastPromo">here</a>.Mentioned this week:<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-disrupt-election">'Take Back the States': The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election</a> by David Gilbert<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-deniers-immigrants-voting/">Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Voters </a>by David Gilbert

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