One in three election officials feel unsafe because of their job, a poll in April found.
Like Woodall-Vogg, election workers around the country faced threats and pressure in the weeks following the November election, leading up to the attack at the Capitol on January 6, and continued afterward.
Woodall-Vogg told CBS News,"I regret responding to , but I don't think my response was inappropriate." Election experts fear that this kind of harassment, which has not stopped in the 14 months since the election, will drive officials like her to leave their jobs.in April 2021 found that one in three election officials felt unsafe because of their job and about 20% listed threats to their lives as a job-related concern.
To help election officials address the threats against them, Becker launched the Election Official Legal Defense Network with election lawyers Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg. The group connects election workers with pro bono attorneys for legal counsel. "The threats resume whenever that chatter increases," Schmidt said. But he noted that the threats aren't as specific or as graphic as the post-election threats he endured.
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