Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and ... November’s presidential contest – he and this nation's other election workers have found themselves facing increasingly volatile attacks.

“There are counties that have made panic buttons that poll workers can hit. There are counties that have outfitted every polling location with a smartphone, so they have immediate access to like ...

“Counties have also supplied panic buttons that will notify law enforcement instantly,” he said. Hassinger added that concerns about poll workers meddling with the election are unjustified.

provide panic buttons and armed security for her election workers. Fall is the elections director for Cobb County, Georgia, one of the most densely populated areas of the state. She’s worried ...

Officials in a key county in battleground Georgia are taking a new step to ensure election workers’ safety amid rising threats, equipping them with so-called panic buttons that would allow them ...

It is also why this year, for the first time, election workers at all of Charleston County's 104 polling places will be issued panic buttons. Staff working at the county's seven early voting ...

including installing bulletproof glass and panic buttons. Poll workers carry out a range of duties during early voting and on Election Day, including assisting voters with the voting process and ...

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 Tuesday ...

In Cobb County, ballot locations will now have a local sheriff and a panic button for poll workers that will connect them immediately to a 911 dispatcher in case of emergencies. Fall said she was ...