Ahead of the midterm elections, All Voting is Local released “America’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Election Deniers,” a record of the nation’s top 10 federal, state, and local election deniers who currently hold positions of power and could keep eligible voters from voting and block their votes from being counted.

Included among their top 10 is Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons who was called “the most dangerous election denier in Pennsylvania.” He joins a list that includes such well-known names as President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The group’s website says it is “a nonpartisan organization that fights for free and fair elections at the state and local level – because it’s the American people who choose their leaders, not the other way around.”

“Josh Parsons has made a career out of denying the will of voters in Lancaster County,” said All Voting is Local Pennsylvania State Director Deborah Hinchey in a statement. “Coupled with his previous refusal to recertify a previous election despite its results complying with Commonwealth law, his extreme efforts to eliminate drop boxes and restrict vote-by-mail show the risk he can pose to voting access.

“Instead of giving people in Lancaster County more access to the ballot, Parsons has used the same tired lies and misinformation to try to make it harder for people to vote, and he is definitely someone we must pay attention to ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as we demand that he and his colleagues expand, not deplete, voter access.”

Parsons, who has served as county commissioner since 2016, has been a staunch advocate of President Trump and his policies. While he stated that Lanco’s election results in 2020 were correct and fair, he said he could not vouch for how other counties in the state managed the election.

Parsons and fellow Republican commissioner Ray D’Agostino joined together to remove the county’s only drop box for mail-in ballots in 2022 against pushback from Democrats and some civic groups. The vice-chair of the county commissioners, Parsons also has openly criticized 2019’s Act 77, which created statewide, no-excuse mail-in ballots, and said Pennsylvania should return to an entirely in-person voting process, excluding absentee ballots.

And in the 2022 primary election in Lancaster County, he refused to recertify a result that complied with the law and included all legal votes, leading to a court order requiring compliance.

“This election-denying authoritarian regime, led by Trump and supported by fake electors and conspiracy theorists, is desperately trying to stop people from voting so they can seize more power and control our elections before we reach the polls,” said Executive Vice President, State Campaigns & Programs, Cynthia Travieso. “These election deniers are doing anything and everything they can to seize power. Trump and his election-denier lapdogs are working overtime to keep eligible American voters from voting and prevent eligible votes from counting by spreading lies and misinformation about previous election outcomes, trying to turn conspiracy theories into law, and creating barriers and burdens for local and state election officials who keep our elections running smoothly, count our votes, and certify elections in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and state laws.”

The complete top 10, according to All Voting Is Local:

Donald J. Trump, U.S. President

The U.S. Department of Justice

Pam Bondi, U.S. Attorney General

Heather Honey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Election Integrity, Department of Homeland Security

Janice Johnston, Janelle King, Salleigh Grubbs, and James Mills, Georgia State Election Board appointees and executive director

Josh Parsons, Lancaster County Commissioner, Pennsylvania

Bob Spindell, Wisconsin Elections Commissioner

Jim Hindle, Storey County Clerk, Nevada

Justin Heap, Maricopa County Recorder, Arizona

Ron DeSantis, Governor, Florida