In face of threats, election workers vow: 'You are not disrupting the democratic process'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : Michael Beckel, the group's research director, worries the exodus could lead to workers who make more errors and are less resilient to public or political pressures.
54% : The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonprofit voting rights organization housed at New York University School of Law, estimates election offices need $300 million in federal funding over the next five years for increased security.
46% : Since the 2020 presidential election, state and local election officials nationwide have been bombarded with threats, as lies perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and his allies around "rigged" elections have fueled conspiracy theories and inspired violent reactions to the bureaucrats and temporary workers who run the United States' democratic process.
46% : These attacks are terrorism, said Kim Wyman, who previously served as the Republican secretary of state for Washington and as a senior election security adviser for the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
41% : They have lobbied state legislators to add new protections for election workers and increase penalties for those who harass, intimidate or threaten them.

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