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Democracy. Threats against election workers. In a recent survey, one out of every six Election Officials reported receiving threats because their jobs are in the front lines of democracy. Many of these threats were inspired by false claims of fraud surrounding the last election. Claims that culminated in president trumps egg lie. Last summer the department of justice launched a task force to investigate the unprecedented threats that election workers across america are facing. This morning for t...

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Adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the Department of Justice introduced a federal election security task force in the summer of 2021 to assist election officials with risk assessment and to investigate and prosecute threats against election workers,

More than a year after the DOJ launched a task force to probe threats against election workers, some election officials are frustrated with the results.

A month before the anticipated midterm vote, the officials said they were closely monitoring potential threats to election workers in the U.S.

A month before the anticipated midterm vote, the officials said they were closely monitoring potential threats to election workers in the U.S.