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| Threats of violence spark fear of election worker exodus |
| 2021-08-02 |
| [The Hill] There is growing concern that election workers will leave their posts in droves following a 2020 presidential contest that saw an unprecedented rise in violent threats against administrators. Election workers had their homes broken into. Their private information was maliciously posted online. Some fled with their families into hiding. Others faced down armed crowds outside their workplaces and homes. And nearly nine months after Election Day, the threats persist. "It’s absolutely going to lead to an unprecedented exodus of a whole generation, I think, of professional election administrators," David Becker, executive director and founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, told The Hill. Nearly 1 in 6 local election workers received threats of violence, and almost 1 in 3 said they feel unsafe because of their job, according to an April survey by the Brennan Center for Justice. Although no central database tracks departures among the nation’s estimated 8,000 local election workers, one expert told The Hill that there is now a "perfect storm of low morale and high turnover." "The data are hard to come by, but anyone who has been around elections for a while will tell you that the number of election administrators leaving their jobs this year is much higher than ever," said Matthew Weil, director of the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center. The threats of violence have emerged when the task of election administration has grown more complex, but while workers remain relatively low paid compared to similar government employees. At the same time, more than one in three election officials are eligible for retirement by 2024, according to a study by the Democracy Fund. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 An alternative explanation is the election workers in on the fix know how close they came to getting caught (you're not out of the woods yet, kiddies!) and do not want to risk a repeat performance. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-02 19:16 |
| #4 For a good time, check out today's CodeMonkeyZ |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-08-02 18:13 |
| #3 They should blame their fellow election workers who made up ballots from thin air for their being held in contempt. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-08-02 17:55 |
| #2 The author and The Hill certainly have a biased view of what happened during the 2020 election. Their sources used are left-wing. They seem to be no friends of Trump. Why is there so much pushback on election reform and audits of the 2020 election. Why is there so much censorship and social media and in the MSM of anything to do with audits. Why have the affidavits reporting observed criminality with some election workers and other hijinks never been addressed? An honest accounting of Jan. 6 has not been done and probably won't be. The article didn't address any of this. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-02 12:06 |
| #1 "The data are hard to come by, but anyone who has been around elections for a while will tell you that the number of election administrators leaving their jobs this year is much higher than ever," Perhaps, just perhaps... they (like many Americans) have lost confidence in the process. Of course no one mentioned that in the article. Mail-in, or even iPhone voting must become universal! These election workers have grandchildren. We must do it for the grandchildren. [sarc off - last para] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-02 07:01 |