It’s been mere weeks since Hurricanes Helene and Milton walloped the American South in rapid succession, and the affected regions have hardly had enough time to recover, rebuild, and reconfigure the infrastructure of daily life (e.g., power, water, shelter, internet, and cell service) into working order again—not least thanks to all the conspiracy theorists and anti-government vigilantes . But the election cycle continues to move, and by Tuesday, voters in hard-hit states like North Carolina,