Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening their staff failed to advance this year.
since the 2020 presidential election. They also were disappointed that proposals to make such threats a federal crime with more severe penalties fizzled.
Aguilar, a Democrat, said he plans to work with Nevada lawmakers to pass a bill making it a felony to harass or intimidate an election worker or volunteer. While Democrats kept control of the state Legislature, Republican Joe Lombardo was elected governor and his office declined to say whether he would support such an effort.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, has said she plans to call on the newly elected Democratic majority in the Legislature to allocate $100 million annually to local election offices after clerks complained about being underfunded. She also wants to make it a felony to threaten election workers and heighten penalties for those who spread misinformation, especially related to voting rights.
“We are looking to turn back the tide on misinformation and the violence that’s come into our political discourse," said Jake Rollow, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of State. “We need that era to be put behind us, both in Michigan and as a country, because it’s not safe. It’s not what America’s about.”
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