Mayors and police chiefs are being warned that extremists could focus intimidation efforts on neighborhood ballot boxes instead of national spectacles, Jennifer A. Kingson writes in Axios What's Next.
- Some far-right groups, including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, are signing up as poll workers and drop-box watchers, in an effort to use legitimate means to infiltrate and disrupt elections.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors held an event this week warning of decentralized election interference aimed at local voters, candidates and election workers.
- "We've seen them dismantle some of their nationwide organizations," said Mary McCord, executive director of Georgetown Law's nonprofit Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.
🔬 Zoom in: In 50 out of 67 Pennsylvania counties, election chiefs have left because of threats, harassment and intimidation against them and their families, McCord said.
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