Election Workers Are Under Attack. A Group Of Lawyers Plans To Defend Them
Source: npr
September 8, 20212:55 PM ET Miles Parks
Voting officials nationwide are still grappling with a new reality after the 2020 election that includes death threats, conspiracy theories and legal penalties for making what were once regarded as minor mistakes, but on Wednesday, a bipartisan group of attorneys announced an organization aimed at helping them fight back.
The Election Official Legal Defense Network is the first organization of its kind aimed at providing pro-bono legal help and advice for election officials who up until a year ago did not really need it.
"It would be better if this wasn't necessary," said David Becker, a cofounder of the group and the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. "But given the conversations many of us have had with election officials around the country, it's an unfortunate byproduct of the environment we now live in and the election denialism we're now seeing."
Election officials nationwide describe a shift over the past year in the pressure and adversity that come with their jobs, and they attribute most of that to the pervasive false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen in some way from former President Donald Trump...................................
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Nice to see some news for these workers.
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whose purview includes elections (as well as other things) and by local ordinance, one has to be in the minority party, which obviously is the GOP here, and HE "knows" and has been appalled the past year.
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.@Reuters just completed its comprehensive review of the ongoing threats to election officials resulting from the dangerous and pervasive lie that the 2020 election was stolen: https://reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-law-enforcement
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4:35 PM · Sep 8, 2021
AND I just found out he is actually working with the group being described in the OP!
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Excited to serve on the advisory board of the new Election Official Legal Defense Network co-chaired by Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg, and managed by @beckerdavidj. I’m hopeful it will play a critical roll in protecting our democracy by defending our country’s election officials.
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/1 Today, @ElectionInnov is proud to announce the launch of the Election Official Legal Defense Network, a network of pro bono attorneys who will help election officials whose actions criminalized under new laws, or are subjected to harassment or threats.
https://eoldn.org
10:42 AM · Sep 8, 2021
(so thank you for your musing because that prompted me to check on him and find that
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