Threats Against Election Workers Persist After 2020 Election
Ask Students: Why do many election workers feel unsafe following the 2020 Election? When did threats against election workers begin?
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Tolouse Oliver talks with PBS NewsHour about threats against election workers.
June 23, 2022
Ask Students: Why do many election workers feel unsafe following the 2020 Election? When did threats against election workers begin?
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After former President Donald Trump’s false claims about fraudulent 2020 election results, local and state elections officials continue to face unprecedented pressures ahead of this year’s midterms, including wide-scale threats. For a transcript of the story, click here.
Many of the people who threaten election officials incorrectly believe that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
Go to this website and enter your county, city, and state. Look at how much election workers in your area get paid and what the age requirement is. In many places, 16-year-olds can be paid to work elections. If you qualify, you can consider signing up. If you are too young, you can perhaps share with older sibling and friends and remember that the opportunity exists in the future. Do you think people will hesitate to become poll workers following stories like the one you heard in the video? What might be some short term and long term effects of not having enough poll workers?
Republished with permission from PBS NewsHour Extra.