election officials have faced violent threats since the 2020 presidential election.

And now that we're five months away from the next one,

American voters need to know what's happening. and now that we're five months away from the next one.

American voters need to know what's happening,

that there's a group of us living in this

what at times feels like an alternative reality

in the United States of political violence.

Secretaries of state are on the front line of a rise in threats.

When someone is telling you over and over and over how they're going to come

kill you or kill your family, you have to take it really seriously.

Colorado's Democratic Secretary of State on protecting elections and election officials in the lead up to

2024. I'm Nailaboodoo and from Axios this is one big thing. Threats against elections officials in the United States of America is domestic terrorism.

Terrorism is defined as a threat or violence for a political outcome.

That's what this is.

That's Arizona's Secretary of State, Democrat Adrian Fontes, on NBC's Meet the Press this

week, describing an environment many of the country's election officials are

facing. 38% of local election officials have experienced threats, harassment, or abuse for doing their

job.

That's according to a new Brennan Center survey.

And that's no surprise to Colorado's Secretary of State, Jenna Griswold.

The threat started in the summer of 2021

because I issued an election rule saying there's no unauthorized access to voting equipment.

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