Facing threats of violence, election officials are growing frustrated with Justice Department task force.
against election workers across the country. On email and social media, supporters of the former president have leveled a flurry of threats against election officials from governors and secretaries of state to Election Day poll workers.
Cassondra Knudson, the spokesperson for Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon's office, told ABC News that while the DOJ task force has been "very responsive," her office "has yet to report any threats that stand the First Amendment test." She said the state has flagged the DOJ when they see "something close to the threat line," but that overall it has been "pretty minimal.
"People have a First Amendment right to kind of call and yell at public officials," he said. "To put it bluntly, it doesn't surprise me to hear that a relatively low percentage of these threats are investigated, because they're probably a lot of threatening things that happen that don't rise to the level of criminality."
Election workers verify ballot signatures at the Orange County Registrar of Voters during a media tour showing ballot security for the November 8, 2022 election, in Santa Ana, Calif., November 1, 2022."We had not seen it here before," Huff told ABC News, describing her county as firmly Republican. "Naively, I thought we would be exempt, but it hit here hard on March 28, especially though the primary.
Liz Howard, senior counsel for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, recommended that the Justice Department consider hiring an adviser that has "existing relationships in the election official community, so they can expand their network and increase awareness of the task force."
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