Arizona's Maricopa County elections office recorded at least 140 threatening messages against election workers between July and August, per documents obtained by Reuters. Many of the threats stemmed from conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
, many of which came in the form of emails and social media posts, asserted false claims of fake ballots, fixed voting machines and corruption among election officials in the county during the last election, according to Reuters.
"You will all be executed," read one of the threats, while another read, "Wire around their limbs and tied & dragged by a car." They also included threats to circulate workers' personal information online, including photographs of them arriving to work.Stephen Richer, the county's recorder, told Reuters in an interview that temporary election workers have quit their jobs after being accosted outside the main ballot-counting center., the chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, have condemned threats against election workers and the drop box watchers.
Gates also recently warned that Arizona's lengthy vote-counting process and close races could inspire disinformation campaigns after Election Day.
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