One in three U.S. election officials feels unsafe - survey
Election officials' fears for their safety portend major staffing problems in future votes, the Brennan Center said.
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June 16 (Reuters) - One in three U.S. election officials feels unsafe on the job and one in six reported being threatened because of their work, according to a survey published Wednesday by New York University’s nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice.
The results reflect a reckoning in the wake of election in which the loser, former Republican President Donald Trump, spent months falsely alleging the contest was "rigged" against him. Those claims sparked threats and actual violence, such as the deadly U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6.
A Reuters investigation published on Friday found that election workers and their families continue to face threats and intimidation months after Trump's loss in November to Democrat Joe Biden. The intimidation has been particularly severe in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other Republican election officials refuted Trump's stolen-election claims.
Election officials' fears for their safety portend major staffing problems in future votes, the Brennan Center said.
“Large numbers of election officials have resigned in the past year, raising alarm bells. But the wave of departures could soon turn into a tsunami,” said a report produced jointly by the Brennan Center and the Bipartisan Policy Center, a centrist Washington think tank.
The Brennan Center surveyed 233 local election officials across the country between April 1 and 7. The survey had a …
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Who to blame? Guy at the top? Muddle of morons at the bottom? Pickle in the middle?
All? ... we have a winner!
All of the above.
"58 percent of people living in the United States report feeling worried about their safety every single day . States where this concern ranked markedly higher than the rest of the country include: Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, and Tennessee."
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I believe the article is talking about specific situations confronting a specific demographic.
However, to your point, I would be worried also when just about every Tom, hairy Dick and Harry knucklehead is wandering around with a weapon.
I have no doubt about that. I just pointed out another stat that they may also fall into.
As for the weapon, yep