Today, Protect Democracy filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters and Common Cause of Florida against Mr. Scott to bar him from having any further official role in overseeing the Florida election in which he is a candidate.

Our organization filed a similar lawsuit last week against Mr. Kemp. It argued that his position as a judge in his own case was a violation of the Constitution’s due process clause. Just as an emergency hearing in that case was about to begin this past Thursday morning, Mr. Kemp’s lawyers informed the judge that Mr. Kemp was submitting his resignation as secretary of state. He claimed it was to turn his attention to planning a transition, but it certainly looked as though he realized his dual role was untenable and was trying to avoid losing in court.

In addition to these cases, this year Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach used his office to advise county election officials on how to count ballots in a primary for governor in which he was a candidate. It was only after the election and after he had a razor-thin advantage of less than 200 votes that he agreed under pressure to recuse himself from further involvement as secretary of state. Mr. Kobach went on to win that primary.

The problem these cases have exposed extends far beyond Georgia, Florida and Kansas, and these emergency lawsuits should not be the ultimate solution to this problem.

President Trump is watching what’s happening in these cases. He has no official authority over any of these races, but he has shown a clear preference for the path of Mr. Scott and Mr. Kemp rather than that of Ms. Reagan and Mr. Ducey. Over the weekend he tweeted about the Arizona race: “Electoral corruption — call for a new election?”