According to a new poll, two-in-five Americans are worried about voter intimidation at polling places, and more are worried about the threat of violence, as extremists focus their attention on individual polling places.
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According to the poll, 42% of US adults are concerned about voter intimidation or threats of violence when voting in person.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans are included.
Three-quarters of Democrats and three-fifths of Republicans are worried about extremists after the election if people don't like the result.
Most Americans are confident their ballot will be accurately counted, following baseless claims of voter fraud from former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Approximately one-in-ten Democrats and one-in-four Republicans don't think their ballot will be counted accurately.
Attorney General Garland said that the Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who is qualified to vote.
A September CBS News poll found that a majority of US adults think political violence will increase over the next few years.
As Trump supporters and extremists focus their attention on individual polling locations, officials and experts have warned about the threat of voter intimidation in the upcoming elections. The executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection told the U.S. Conference of Mayors that extremists are abandoning their national strategies in favor of focusing on county over country. In Arizona, the Secretary of State's office referred six instances of voter intimidation at ballot drop boxes to law enforcement last week, after issuing warnings in New Mexico and Colorado. Arizona organizations representing retired and Hispanic voters also sued the grassroots group Clean Elections USA on Monday, seeking a restraining order after members of the group allegedly "gathered at ballot drop boxes in Maricopa County with the express purpose of scaring voters."
Threats of intimidation and violence will be dealt with. Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for counterterrorism, threat prevention, and law enforcement said at a forum on Monday that the agency and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are working on guarding election security infrastructure Megan Noland, executive director of Major County Sheriffs of America, told CNN law enforcement may be out in force near polling places due to expected threats. CNN reports that election officials who have faced threats and harassment since the 2020 election have increased their security measures, including putting gps tracking devices on ballot bags.
Two in five US voters worry about being intimidated at the polls.
The New York Times reported that right-wing leaders are trying to mobilize election activists.
There are complaints of voter intimidation made by monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes.
The Justice Department will not allow voters to be intimidated.
The Washington Post reported that election volunteers were courted to challenge votes.
A majority of Americans think the US will have more political violence and less democracy.
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