BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages ...

Georgia election workers, armed with panic buttons, are preparing for violence at the polls. Story by Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY • 2mo. A Texas election worker punched in the face.

BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages ...

Cobb County, Georgia, approved nearly $50,000 to purchase the devices, which allow poll workers to quickly alert authorities in emergencies, ahead of the presidential election.

People line up to vote in Atlanta, Georgia in 2020. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved funding to buy panic buttons for election workers amid rising threats against them (AFP via ...

The focus wasn't solely on the nuts and bolts of running this year's election. Instead, it brought together election staff and law enforcement to strategize on how to keep workers safe and the ...

Election officials are taking actions to protect their workers, volunteers and voters amid concerns of heightened political rhetoric and threats (AP video: Mike Householder and Christina A ...

Months before Election Day, Tate Fall went before the Georgia Board of Elections with an urgent request: provide panic buttons and armed security for her election workers.

BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages, vehicle ...

Election officials have been targets of harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election, primarily by people acting on Trump’s lies that the election was stolen from him.

Fall is the elections director for Cobb County, Georgia, one of the most densely populated areas of the state. She’s worried for the safety of her election workers – mostly older volunteers ...

Election workers used to toil out of the public eye. Now they're increasingly the target of attacks. Panic buttons, Kevlar vests and bulletproof glass: Election-worker safety gets serious ...