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Election officials are bracing for conspiracy-fueled threats — while still hoping for the best
NBC News / Comcast ^ | November 3, 2022 | By Allan Smith and Adam Edelman

Posted on 11/03/2022 9:15:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Election officials in some of the most closely watched jurisdictions across the country say they are bracing for a new wave of conspiracy-fueled threats — even as they remain confident in their ability to do their jobs under heightened scrutiny.

In interviews with a dozen local election officials in the swing states of Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, most expressed concern that the election denialism and conspiracy theories they have spent the last two years combating have already taken on new life, fueling isolated yet alarming incidents at drop box locations in Arizona and Pennsylvania, for example.

Those officials also warned that the prospect of delayed results in their states due to the closeness of contests and ballot counting rules, among other possible factors, could invite a fresh round of conspiracies or suggestions of wrongdoing that lead to a new round of harassment. Still, they expressed no doubts about their ability to conduct a safe and accurate count.

“It’s not hyperbole to say that the eyes of the world are on us,” Bill Gates, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and whose county was at the heart of pro-Trump election denialism in Arizona, told NBC News.

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, local election officials became frequent targets of supporters of former President Donald Trump who supported his false claims of election fraud.

Misleading or outright false conspiracy theories about voting machines, the secure drop boxes used to collect mail ballots and the election officials themselves spread like wildfire online and were routinely amplified by the former president and his close allies nationally and at the state level. Those claims have persisted even though there has been no evidence of widespread electoral malfeasance.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adamedelman; allansmith; democrats; election2022; journalism; nbcia; press
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1 posted on 11/03/2022 9:15:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Election Officials” and government have forced through changes, and manipulated electoral systems to the point where many people no longer have trust

And their response is not to restore trust - but to attack people as “deniers.”


2 posted on 11/03/2022 9:18:11 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like an exorcism, these lefties are screaming and cursing because they know what is coming. They will repeat any lie and do anything not to allow the purge of evil to come about.


3 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:16 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Vote rigging: How to spot the tell-tale signs
Published
2 September 2016

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37243190


4 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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Refrain from Gay Trysts for the time being.


5 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:32 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
You know what would solve all of this? Showing up at a polling place on Election Day with a valid ID, filling in a paper ballot and then counting them. You can still use a machine to tabulate the ballots, but keep the paper for purposes of audit.

Maybe require voters to stick their finger tip in ink on the way out of the polling place.

6 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:44 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The day after Biden’s speech to set the stage for election fraud we see virtually every MSM outlet echo the same.


7 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:56 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is it beyond the ability of NBC to write an unbiased story?


8 posted on 11/03/2022 9:21:03 AM PDT by RLM
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To: frogjerk

When is the next Nuremberg rant bathed in blood red lighting?


9 posted on 11/03/2022 9:21:57 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Let's let Elon Musk's Tesla team review all of the Dominion code..
10 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:01 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...there has been no evidence of widespread electoral malfeasance...”

How much money did the illegitimate Biden regime pay NBC to publish this propaganda? The truth is coming out. Your days are numbered. You coup plotter cretins are going to be punished. Enjoy your last days on earth, you pr1cks!


11 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:31 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci: You had one job and you failed!)
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To: RLM

Yes


12 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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13 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:36 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Election officials are bracing for conspiracy-fueled threats

Nevermind they should brace for election fraud.

14 posted on 11/03/2022 9:23:35 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Election officials are bracing for conspiracy-fueled threats”

And that’s just from Hillary.


15 posted on 11/03/2022 9:25:10 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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16 posted on 11/03/2022 9:25:30 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: circlecity
The day after Biden’s speech to set the stage for election fraud we see virtually every MSM outlet echo the same.

People need to do what it takes to ensure that ballots are counted at the lowest level possible and not centrally. They clearly intend to steal this election too. Do we have a plan to stop the steal this time?

How to force local hand counts on election night: WRITE IN ALL CANDIDATES!
17 posted on 11/03/2022 9:25:55 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: All

Sow the wind


18 posted on 11/03/2022 9:26:17 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The left’s destruction is so profound, it’s hard to describe

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314821926112

Run time 13 m 32 s

A lot shorter if you skip josef’s screed.

Tuck hits it out of the ball park with this one.


19 posted on 11/03/2022 9:28:36 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Flavious_Maximus

...there has been no evidence of widespread electoral malfeasance...”

The Narrative

Verse

The Freudian Slip

Joe Biden says he’s built most extensive “voter fraud” org in history - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WGRnhBmHYN0

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20 posted on 11/03/2022 9:32:21 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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