Election Officials Beef Up Security

New York Times: “One in five local election officials who responded to a survey earlier this year by the Brennan Center for Justice said that they were ‘very’ or ‘somewhat unlikely’ to continue serving through 2024. The collective angst is a recurring theme at workshops and conferences attended by election officials, who say it is not unusual for them to exchange anecdotes about threatening messages or harassment at the grocery store.”

Also worth pointing out: “The discussions have turned at times to testing drop boxes — a focus of right-wing attacks on mail-in voting — to see if they can withstand being set on fire.”