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So how many ballots did you turn in, Sybil? Do you print them yourself?
Don't let MAGA steal the election
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Debunking the right:
www.brennancenter.org
7 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them
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7 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them
Our elections are secure and trustworthy, but rumors and lies on social media abound.
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Americans living abroad, including active-duty service members and their family members, are sounding the alarm after Republicans have tried to delay accepting and counting overseas absentee ballots.
And there is already fear among Americans at home and abroad that no matter what the result, the damage has already been done, according to Sarah Streyder, the executive director of Secure Families Initiative, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for military families' rights.
Challenging a decades-old statute in this frivolous manner is both irresponsible and abusive. Their actions are a clear attempt to sow doubt about the integrity of the election and suppress the legitimate votes of American citizen.
abcnews.go.com
And there is already fear among Americans at home and abroad that no matter what the result, the damage has already been done, according to Sarah Streyder, the executive director of Secure Families Initiative, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for military families' rights.
Challenging a decades-old statute in this frivolous manner is both irresponsible and abusive. Their actions are a clear attempt to sow doubt about the integrity of the election and suppress the legitimate votes of American citizen.
Advocates for overseas military families, ex-pats push back over GOP suits over absentee votes
Some ex-pats living abroad are sounding the alarm after Republicans in three swing states have tried to delay accepting and counting overseas absentee ballots.
abcnews.go.com
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Every few weeks, a group of active-duty and retired cops gather with election officials to plan for harrowing scenarios on Election Day.
What if someone shows up near a polling place with an assault rifle? Or uses artificial intelligence to mimic a county clerk’s voice and call in a bomb threat?
The sessions, which are held around the country, can trigger intense emotions for current and former election officials, some of whom have experienced harassment or death threats that have taken a toll on their mental health.
At the end of the sessions, Harold Love, a retired Michigan state trooper-turned-therapist, stands up and addresses the group.
“I talk with them about how it’s normal for them to feel this way,” Love told CNN. “You start seeing heads nod. When you see that other people are feeling the same thing or similar things, now it’s like, ‘OK, I’m not losing my mind.’”
Four years ago, these sessions weren’t necessary. Few in law enforcement or the election community anticipated the surge in violent threats — often based on false voter-fraud conspiracy theories propagated by former President Donald Trump and his allies — directed at election workers during the 2020 election.
The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), which hosts the security drills where Love speaks, was formed in 2022. It filled a void: Law enforcement and election officials needed a space to cope with a new reality in the United States, where once-unknown election workers can be the target of public vitriol.
Four years after the 2020 election, the threat level hasn’t come down and hostile rhetoric toward election workers is commonplace.
According to a survey released in May by the Brennan Center for Justice, 38 percent of local election officials have experienced “threats, abuse or harassment for doing their jobs.” Many have left the profession and have been replaced with less experienced election workers.
US officials are concerned that a belief in voter fraud or other “election-related grievances” could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to a recent federal intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN.
What if someone shows up near a polling place with an assault rifle? Or uses artificial intelligence to mimic a county clerk’s voice and call in a bomb threat?
The sessions, which are held around the country, can trigger intense emotions for current and former election officials, some of whom have experienced harassment or death threats that have taken a toll on their mental health.
At the end of the sessions, Harold Love, a retired Michigan state trooper-turned-therapist, stands up and addresses the group.
“I talk with them about how it’s normal for them to feel this way,” Love told CNN. “You start seeing heads nod. When you see that other people are feeling the same thing or similar things, now it’s like, ‘OK, I’m not losing my mind.’”
Four years ago, these sessions weren’t necessary. Few in law enforcement or the election community anticipated the surge in violent threats — often based on false voter-fraud conspiracy theories propagated by former President Donald Trump and his allies — directed at election workers during the 2020 election.
The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), which hosts the security drills where Love speaks, was formed in 2022. It filled a void: Law enforcement and election officials needed a space to cope with a new reality in the United States, where once-unknown election workers can be the target of public vitriol.
Four years after the 2020 election, the threat level hasn’t come down and hostile rhetoric toward election workers is commonplace.
According to a survey released in May by the Brennan Center for Justice, 38 percent of local election officials have experienced “threats, abuse or harassment for doing their jobs.” Many have left the profession and have been replaced with less experienced election workers.
US officials are concerned that a belief in voter fraud or other “election-related grievances” could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to a recent federal intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN.