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You do look over your shoulder. and that was all just ginned up by lies and those stirring the pot. >> reporter: across political parties, election officials continue to be falsely accused of mishandling and rigging the 2020 election. there are fears the threats will increase into next year. >> if you count all the fraudulent votes -- >> reporter: as they spout conspiracies as the central complaints. >> that opens the door to adding more political actors, less professional, more political actors into the election space which, again, is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: a report in 2021 from t...

>> sending your wife sexualized text and all that other kind of insulting garbage. and then, breaking into your daughter-in-law's, you know, townhouse and leaving lights on and you know that they were there and then driving by our house. and so, those are the kind of things are, you know, stuff that you notice. you do look over your shoulder. and that was all just ginned up all by lies. and all by people that were stirring the pot. >> reporter: across the u.s. and across political parties, election officials continue to be falsely accused of mishandling and rigging the 2020 election. there are...

Less professional, more political actors into the election space which again is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: a report in 2021 from the brennan center for justice found roughly 1 in 6 election workers received threats of violence. while almost 1 in 3 said they feel unsafe because of their job. earlier this year, the justice department and the fbi formed a task force to address the rise in threats against election officials. but griswald tells cnn she has yet to see action. >> the fbi says they are not monitoring the threats. i don't believe at this point the doj has prosecuted any of the ...

Political actors into the election space which again is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: woodal vogue is staying but she closed the elections office until she could beef up security. >> so it made me really concerned how powerful conspiracy theories have become that my job would become dangerous, that election administrators now and in our very well established democracy has lots of checks and balances is now a dangerous profession. >> reporter: the danger isn't just the obvious threat of violence. but the threat to democracy. experts say donald trump and his republican allies have injected ...

People. >> reporter: this could lead to a damaging loss of experienced professionals who know how to conduct elections. a report from the brennen center for justice found one in three election officials feel unsafe because of their job. matt masterson was the lead cybersecurity adviser for the department of homeland security in the 2020 election. and says it's all creating an alarming situation. >> local election officials are gonna leave. and then, that opens the door to adding less professional, more political actors into the election space which, again, is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter:...