State election officials brace for possible Trump interference in midterm results - POLITICO

"The things that have been said publicly, frankly, are quite appalling," Henderson said to White House Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Jared Borg as several of her colleagues and reporters looked on, referencing comments from the Department of Justice attacking states for not complying with its request for voter rolls across the country, a move that has confused — and frustrated — many state election officials. 

 The DOJ "pretty much slandered all of us to publicly claim that secretaries of state are not doing our jobs and that the federal government has to do it for us. Not OK," Henderson said during a question-and-answer session...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/trump-state-election-officials-midterms-federal-power-00768050 

 

Arizona secretary of state calls threats to election officials ‘domestic terrorism’ | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

"You know, when you have to tell your neighbors, 'Hey, pay attention, if something happens, the kids might have to come over,' or to have go-bags ready, or to any number of these things so many people across the country have had to suffer through – that's a problem," Fontes said. "One of the ways that I have been looking at this and addressing this is telling the really hard truth. And that is this: threats against elections officials in the United States of America is domestic terrorism."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/arizona-adam-fontes-election-official-threats

PolitiFact | Impeachment articles against Wisconsin elections official riddled with false and misleading claims

All 15 impeachment articles contain misleading or false claims about how elections administration works in Wisconsin…

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/05/impeachment-articles-against-wisconsin-elections-c/

Iowa Man Arrested After He Threatened to Hang Election Official

Rissi's case is part of the DOJ's Election Threats Task Force, which was launched in 2021 to address violent threats against election workers and officials...

https://www.insider.com/iowa-man-arrested-after-he-threatened-to-hang-election-official-2022-10

 

Travis Ford pleads guilty to threatening elections official on Instagram - The Washington Post

"The Justice Department will not tolerate illegal threats of violence against public officials," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "Threats of violence against election officials are dangerous for people's safety and dangerous for our democracy."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/16/travis-ford-elections-threat-nebraska/

Top Michigan Election Official Issues Stark Warning About 2022 Midterms | HuffPost Latest News

The 2022 midterms are "when voters will decide who the players are going to be in 2024," she continued. So, it's "an opportunity for us to choose champions of democracy and reject those conspiracy theorists who very clearly would not certify an election they don't agree with."…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jocelyn-benson-2022-midterms-warning_n_627f7833e4b04353eb04d01d

Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors - POLITICO

"Election subversion in 2024 is not going to be a mob storming the Capitol, it's going to be a county clerk in Michigan or a supervisor of elections in Florida who decides to fuck the whole thing up," Litman said. "The only way to make long-term democracy protection is by electing people who will defend democracy."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/democrats-recruiting-push-local-election-officers-00025733

Democratic group launches plan to elect local election officials

"Election subversion in 2024 may not require a violent mob storming the Capitol — instead, a sh-ty county board in Michigan or a Nazi running elections in Kansas will have enough power to undermine the entire process. Malicious incompetence will be enough to do serious damage," Litman said in a tweet...

https://www.axios.com/run-for-something-local-election-candidates-trump-eaea0215-9a35-44e5-adc6-8b22cd4e07b3.html

Alarm as Trump backs ‘big lie’ candidates for key election posts in Michigan

A Trumpist takeover of the battleground state is raising eyebrows over concerns of the end of 'free and fair elections'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/election-deniers-michigan-elections-donald-trump

Why are Michigan Republicans quietly replacing key election officials? | US news | The Guardian

…In Macomb county, which includes the Detroit suburbs, Republicans nominated just one person, Nancy Tiseo, for an opening on the board of canvassers. Tiseo urged Trump last year to "suspend" the meeting of the Electoral College and set up "military tribunals" to investigate the election…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/14/michigan-republicans-election-officials-fight-to-vote

U.S. Attorney General urges election officials to share threats | Reuters

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urged state and local election officials on Thursday to immediately provide the FBI any threatening communications they receive following a rise in threats against U.S. election administrators...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-attorney-general-urges-election-officials-share-threats-2021-08-26/

US election officials still plagued by threats for certifying Trump defeat | US elections 2020 | The Guardian

A barrage of death threats against officials and volunteers from ex-president's supporters could make recruiting poll workers harder…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/14/us-election-officials-threats-trump-defeat

Republicans who embraced Trump’s big lie run to become election officials

…Republicans who have embraced baseless claims about the 2020 election being stolen are now running to serve as the chief elections officials in several states, a move that could give them significant power over election processes...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/30/republicans-trump-election-fight-to-vote

They tried to overturn the 2020 election. Now they want to run the next one. - POLITICO

Trump supporters who back his claim that the 2020 vote was rigged are running to become the top election officials in key states...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/24/2020-election-republican-official-races-490458