One reason I don’t think either side will accept a loss in the upcoming presidential election.
An election official in Arizona, who spread 2020 voter fraud conspiracies, quit his job after facing blowback from angry election deniers https://t.co/yaXASnoAme
— CNN (@CNN) January 12, 2024
NV's largest county is down 100 poll workers and one of the reddest is down half its numbers. People are afraid to take these jobs, and many are walking away. This is a not-frequently-enough-told story about the hostility toward good citizens fomented by election deniers. https://t.co/GvNsy0ENvv
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) January 10, 2024
Election workers are on the frontline of safeguarding our democracy, but ever since far-right, MAGA Republicans began spreading the 2020 election lie, they’ve been bombarded by threats.https://t.co/4yQ33cp46d
— Let America Vote (@LetAmericaVote) November 29, 2023
The lasting harms of the big lie: "Seven months after election conspiracy theories consumed the community here and drove the entire election staff to quit, Buckingham County struggled to report its results in Tuesday's elections," @janestreet reports https://t.co/3rQnjnCLp9
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 8, 2023
Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, officials warn
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 1, 2023
Experts fear the 2024 election could be worse and want the federal government to do more to protect election workers. https://t.co/YENqOsqY9N
Driven by former President Trump's lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, threats against election workers have exploded, with one in six reporting threats against them and many election administrators leaving the job or considering it. https://t.co/jZXgBoHg1c
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 13, 2023
“Pinal County Elections Director…abruptly quit Tues, citing county management's reluctance to stand up 4 her amid partisan personal attacks [by Republicans] as the county now looks for the 4th person to fill the position in less than a year.” 6/27/23
— jennycohn@toad.social ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) June 28, 2023
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.@bcrodriguez talked to elections workers about the impact of having CNN air Trump’s lies about the election https://t.co/ZJ2tIl5Ait
— Terri Rupar (@terri_rupar) May 12, 2023
NBC: Amid baseless voter fraud claims, an entire county election staff quits https://t.co/BGtoYrUj95
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) April 10, 2023
#ELB: “The federal agency dedicated to elections is, once again, in turmoil ahead of the 2024 elections” https://t.co/Oohnsdv5ZT
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) January 19, 2024
Sad! 