Hyping of threats to election workers could chill protected speech, election watchdogs warn – By Natalia Mittelstadt (Just the News) / Apr 14 2023
A Florida election bill would make it a felony to interfere with an election worker’s duties.
As the Democrats and their media allies push for election worker protection legislation across the U.S., election integrity watchdogs are warning of the potential chilling effect such laws could have on protected First Amendment speech.
A USA Today story on Wednesday cited surveys from the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice purporting to show that at least one in six election officials “have experienced threats because of their job,” while one in five “indicated they were likely to quit ahead of the 2024 presidential election.”
Invoking “ongoing fallout from the 2020 presidential contest,” the article claims, “The people who volunteer to assist in administering U.S. elections have become more of a target in the years since former President Donald Trump has refused to accept losing the 2020 race.”
