AG denounces election worker threats as DOJ charges over a dozen people

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/01/election-workers-threat-justice-
department-taskforce

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday spoke out against rising
threats towards election workers as the Department of Justice's
specialized task force announced a ninth conviction as it seeks to combat
the problem.

Driving the news: The DOJ announced Thursday that two men in two separate
cases in Arizona and Georgia had pleaded guilty to threatening election
officials in the respective states in separate cases, brought by the the
Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force — which has now brought
charges in 14 cases.

These include a 2.5-year prison sentence handed down on Monday to an Iowa
man, who had left voicemails threatening to "hang" officials including
former Attorney General of Arizona Mark Brnovich.

On Thursday, an Ohio man pleaded guilty to sending a death threat to an
election official with the Arizona secretary of state's office and a Texas
man pleaded guilty to "posting a message online threatening several
Georgia public officials following the 2020 election," per the DOJ.

Zoom out: The task force has reviewed over 1,000 contacts reported as
hostile or harassing by the election community and about 11% of these met
the threshold for a federal criminal investigation as of Aug. 1, according
to the Justice Department.

58% of the total of potentially criminal threats were in seven key 2020
election battleground states that underwent "post-election lawsuits,
recounts, and audits," notes the DOJ, which names them as: Arizona,
Georgia, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, 45% of election workers told the Brennan Center for Justice in
an April poll they were concerned for the safety of other election
officials and workers in future elections.

What they're saying: "A functioning democracy requires that the public
servants who administer our elections are able to do their jobs without
fearing for their lives," Garland said in a statement.

"The Justice Department will continue to investigate and prosecute those
who target election officials and election workers as part of our broader
efforts to safeguard the right to vote and to defend our democracy."

Except in Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Washington, California,
Georgia, District of Columbia, Wisconsin, New York, Colorado, New
Mexico...

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