2024 election is now a high-security event
Panic buttons, Kevlar vests and bulletproof glass: Election-worker safety gets serious
Since the 2020 election, the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force has arrested and prosecuted about a dozen people for threatening election workers. In contrast, experts say actual voter fraud, or instances of people voting improperly, are vanishingly rare.
Bulletproof glass and panic buttons: The 2024 election is now a high-security event
From bulletproof glass to panic buttons, jurisdictions across the U.S. are taking unprecedented steps to protect election workers and ballots amid concerns about voter intimidation, fraud and even violence at the polls.
Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures won’t be tampered with.
Threatened election officials install panic buttons, bulletproof glass
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, election officials estimate they now spend about 40% of their time on security and with law enforcement.
Election officials turn to police, panic buttons and more following contentious 2020 events
Election officials are taking actions to protect their workers, volunteers and voters amid concerns of heightened political rhetoric and threats (AP video: Mike Householder and Christina A. Cassidy)
Ahead of Election Day, officials beef up security with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5.
Election officials ready for November by installing panic buttons and bulletproof glass — and even ordering Narcan
Local election directors are beefing up security in advance of Election Day to keep workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures aren’t tampered with. Their concern isn’t just theoretical.
New threats to election workers
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Georgia officials will give election workers panic buttons to keep them safe amid rising threats
A key swing county in Georgia has approved nearly $50,000 in funding toward panic buttons for election workers this November. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved the funding on ...