The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives with an intense focus on voting itself after 2 years of false claims and conspiracy theories.

The judge also denied a request from a state representative, who has pushed conspiracy theories, to order the elections commission to withdraw its guidance to clerks about absentee ballots from members of the military.

A judge says the county board of supervisors overstepped its legal authority by ordering the county recorder to count all the ballots cast in Tuesday’s election rather than the small sample required by state law.