Episode 484: An Issue One Report Finds False Election Fraud Claims, Intimidation, Burdensome Rules, and ‘Election Integrity’ Vigilantes Lead to an Election Official Brain-Drain

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Brian is traveling today, and we have a rebroadcast of an important study by Issue One that came out last fall. An example of this debased logic was a hand count that Votebeat Texas covered in Gillespie County, where only 8,000 ballots were cast. It took more election workers until 4:30 in the morning, and it's now become apparent that there are counting errors in almost every precinct. All because of "Election Integrity" activists pushing conspiracy theories.
An Issue One Report Finds False Election Fraud Claims, Intimidation, Burdensome Rules, and ‘Election Integrity’ Vigilantes Lead to an Election Official Brain-Drain

A new report chronicles a brain-drain of experienced professional election officials, who, after dealing for months on end with false election fraud claims, intimidation, and burdensome new “Election Integrity” rules, have had enough.
Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Issue One - The High Cost of High Turnover
The 19th - ‘There are a lot of people who don’t want to know the truth’: Why an Arizona election official is leaving her job
The Citizens - Heading into the 2024 election cycle, officials are bracing for heightened accusations of fraud—and the threats that often accompany them
Politico - Key Arizona election official to step down amid harassment and conspiracy theories
Brennan Center for Justice - The Great Resignation . . . Of Election Officials
US Department of Justice - (2021) Task Force to Combat Threats Against Election Workers
Groups Taking Action:
Issue One, Election Official Legal Defense Network, Power the Polls, Center for American Progress

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