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Belt. here in colorado, it's against a law, it's also against federal law. if you have any concerns, contact the doj, contact little law forsman, your secretary of state. but more than just that, we cannot allow darts of intimidation, fear to chill the vote. that is part of the attack on democracy itself. it's the vitriol. on top of some of the reports we're seeing at the polls, the use of threats and scare tactics have been turned towards election workers also. that's why, ayman, i let a series of new laws in the state of colorado, it's not a crime to dr. rhea tallied in election worker. we m...

The thing, one of the main tactics right now on the right, and in the far right media is to pick the person, whether it's an election worker like ruby freeman, or you know, a trans person living their life on tiktok. and blowing them up. within one day, they can be on the cover of fox news, they can be on tucker carlson. it really does cause a wave of harassment that is so intense, and so violent in nature that you have to be crazy to wants to do this job. there is another life, people did not sign up for that. the problem is as well, if you go to the front page of the qanon major web for him ...

Guns, talks of lynching. >> i've been shown threats directed at election worker's children with the children's names, with the names of their school. >> the u.s. department of homeland security is offering state and local election officials training to deal with potential violence. and the u.s. department of justice has formed a multidivisional task force to fine and prosecute those making threats against them. still threats and retirements are potentially leading to critical election worker shortages. >> i've heard from staff that, you know, some of them feel it may not be worth the risk any ...

The safety of election workers remains a big concern across the country as many states have increased security around drop boxes and various polling locations.

Content moderation off the table. lots of lessons learned both through the terrorism era and with disinformation, since the election year '16. so there seems to be a lot of thought about taking off the reins but as we can see from the last week, both from the attack and mr. musk's tweets, this is not so straightforward. it's a very difficult place to police and keep safe, and i would have to say, looking at the last eight days, heading into the election, if you're an election worker in this country, if you're a state official, if you're a local official trying to conduct an election or protect...