Imagine the following headline: “Putin Pledges to Fund Defeat of 2024 Referendum Allowing No Excuse Absentee Voting in Connecticut.”
Could this fictional story ever become an accurate news report about foreign interference in a Connecticut referendum election?

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, speaks during the opening ceremony at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
