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The Election Worker Protection Act Failed in December. Will it Be Re-Introduced?

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

Despite the hundreds of threats to election workers after the 2020 and 2022 elections, a bill in the U.S. Senate which would have made intimidation of election workers a federal crime, failed in December.

Election Workers Quitting Over Intimidation; Some States Are Taking Action To Protect Them

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

We’re spending a second day in Arizona, where a seasoned election official resigned last week citing a hostile workplace. That hostility, though, extends beyond Arizona and throughout the United States, and bipartisan bills are being filed in some states to protect an election workforce put at risk by disinformation.

The Few Midterm Election Disruptions Were Corrected Quickly

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

Election officials report that there were few problems in the midterm elections, and issues which did crop up were corrected quickly. There were also few incidents of intimidation, much to the relief of voters & authorities.

A New Tactic to Sow Doubt in Elections: Question the Partisan Affiliations of Poll Workers

October 10, 2022January 18, 2023

The effort to sow doubt in American elections has a new front: Questioning the partisan affiliation of poll workers. Republican National Committee lawsuits just filed in Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada – all battleground states – claim that Republicans are underrepresented as poll workers. Chief election officials are calling it disinformation.

American Democracy Minute for July 1, 2022: Missouri Governor Signs Omnibus – and Ominous – Voting & Elections Bill

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

Earlier this week we mentioned that the Missouri legislature had passed an omnibus–and ominous– voting and election bill, and that pro-voter groups and election officials were not happy with the additional barriers to voting and burdens to election workers. That bill was signed Wednesday by Republican Governor Mike Parson.