EditorialBetty Swope at her home in Lake Charles, La., on June 13, 2022. She moved back in before damage from Hurricane Laura was fully repaired because her time in rent-free emergency shelter had run out. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)
EditorialLansing County Clerk Chris Swope surveys the counting room after his staff completed their count of absentee ballots at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)