The possibility of "little January 6s" (Pro Publica report on midterm election violence)

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NEW: 1 in 3 Texas election administrators have left their positions since 2020.

What does the turnover & unprecedented harassment of election administrators mean for the midterms?

We talk to @beckerdavidj about the possibility of "little January 6s":

propublica.org
Election Administrators Are Under Attack. Here’s What That Means for the Upcoming Midterms.
Harassment and threats have driven election officials to resign at unprecedented rates since the 2020 presidential election. David Becker, the founder of The Center for Election Innovation & Resear...
8:16 AM · Oct 17, 2022

https://www.propublica.org/article/election-administrators-harassment-david-becker

With the 2022 midterms less than a month away, election administrators in Texas and elsewhere continue to face a level of harassment and threats that experts say had never been experienced before the November 2020 presidential election.

In August, the entire staff of the elections office in Gillespie County, about 80 miles west of Austin, resigned, citing threats, “dangerous misinformation” and a lack of resources. The same month, Bexar County elections administrator Jacque Callanen told KSAT, a San Antonio news station, that her department was confronting similar challenges.

“We’re under attack,” Callanen said.“Threats, meanness, ugliness.” She added that staff members were drowning in frivolous open-records requests for mail ballots and applications. Texas is one of several states targeted by right-wing activists who are seeking to throw out voter registrations and ballots, according to The New York Times.

Last month, angry activists disrupted a routine event in which officials publicly test voting equipment outside of Austin, swarming the Hays County elections administrator and Texas Secretary of State John Scott, a Republican, while alleging unproven election law violations.

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1. K&R

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2. Does Texas not have law enforcement?

42 U.S. Code § 1985 - Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights