A study, conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice found that most local election officials fear for their colleagues’ safety.
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00:00A new poll shows some eye-opening data about the feelings of election workers.
00:04The study, conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice, found that most local election
00:09officials fear for their colleagues' safety.
00:12And get this, 62 percent of respondents are concerned about politicians trying to interfere
00:18in how they or others do their work.
00:21The poll found that election workers faced shocking rates of threats, harassment and
00:25abuse.
00:2661 percent said they had been threatened over the phone, and the same number had been threatened
00:31in person.
00:32HuffPost reports that election offices across the country have taken action to increase
00:37election security since 2020, when Donald Trump's false statements about the legitimacy
00:43of President Joe Biden's win ended with his supporters' January 6 attack on the Capitol.