Almost 40% of local election officials surveyed report threats or abuse, says a new report

The Brennan Center survey also found 62% of local election officials are concerned about political leaders’ attempting to interfere with how they do their jobs. Read More

Majority Of Election Officials Face Threats, And Significant Number Fear Assault, Survey Finds

Despite the fact that 92 percent of election officials across the country have taken steps to protect themselves and ... Read More

Election officials beef up security as new survey shows nearly 4 in 10 grapple with threats and harassment

A new survey by the Brennan Center for Justice highlights how the volatile political environment since 2020 has changed how election officials approach their jobs. Read More

Election Officials Continue to Face Violent Threats

new video loaded: Election Officials Continue to Face Violent Threats The New York Times received a file containing hundreds of violent messages against the Colorado secretary of state. Read More

Trump gives his strongman’s ambitions free rein on a day off from court

Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. Read More

Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats

Koppes is part of the 80% – the percentage of women who run elections in the US ... level of threats and harassment, largely from those who believe Donald Trump won the election that year. Read More

Local Election Workers Fear Threats to Their Safety as November Nears. One Group Is Trying to Help

“So these conversations help us ... election security adviser, told the attendees they were not facing the threats alone and praised them as the “frontline defenders” of the nation’s ... Read More

2016 Us Presidential Elections

Former US President Donald Trump posted to Facebook on Friday, marking his return to the social media platform two years after he was banned. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram ... Read More

US Elections

testified on Friday that he told her in the final days of the 2016 presidential election to deny that he had a sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels. Read More

2024 Elections

His last re-election is shaping up to ... managed one scandal after another in the 2016 campaign. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaways. Read More

Lessons Learned from the 2006 Elections

On July 2, 2006, the IFE administered the presidential election with the closest margin in Mexican ... both the campaign finance and campaign expenditures of the 2006 federal elections — a process ... Read More

Chinese Interference in Taiwan's 2024 Elections and Lessons Learned

Throughout the elections, China employed a wide range ... China’s efforts to sway the election warrant study by Taiwan, the United States, and others to draw lessons for how to limit Chinese influence ... Read More