Angerman said the office had 2,000 enamel lapel pins made. The cost was $3,340 and paid for through the office supply budget. “We have up to 1,750 poll workers and when you add in our entire ...

BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages ...

Georgia election workers, armed with panic buttons, are preparing for violence at the polls. Story by Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY • 2mo. A Texas election worker punched in the face.

The focus wasn't solely on the nuts and bolts of running this year's election. Instead, it brought together election staff and law enforcement to strategize on how to keep workers safe and the ...

People line up to vote in Atlanta, Georgia in 2020. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved funding to buy panic buttons for election workers amid rising threats against them (AFP via ...

An attendee at an election security training session at Cobb County, Georgia, Emergency Management headquarters examines a card with a panic button that will be used by election workers, Aug. 23 ...

Tate Fall, Cobb County’s election director, said she was motivated to act after hearing one of her poll workers describe being confronted during the primary.

An attendee at an election security training session at Cobb County Emergency Management headquarters examines a card with a panic button on it that will be used by Cobb County election worker Aug ...

Election workers used to toil out of the public eye. Now they're increasingly the target of attacks. Panic buttons, Kevlar vests and bulletproof glass: Election-worker safety gets serious ...

Georgia election workers, armed with panic buttons, are preparing for violence at the polls. Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY. Sat, November 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM UTC. 5 min read.

Election officials have been targets of harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election, primarily by people acting on Trump’s lies that the election was stolen from him.

Fall is the elections director for Cobb County, Georgia, one of the most densely populated areas of the state. She’s worried for the safety of her election workers – mostly older volunteers ...