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☆ Justice Department subpoenas officials in 3 states for communications with Trump in expansion of January 6 probe
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed election officials for communications with Trump. These are the first known subpoenas issued by Smith. AG Merrick Garland recently appointed Smith to oversee criminal investigations involving Trump. The subpoenas were sent in recent days to Dane County, Wisconsin; Maricopa County, Arizona; Wayne County, Michigan; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, per the Post. All three states were at the heart of Trump's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
☆ Fact Check-Viral clip shows an election inspector writing their initials on ballots as required by Wisconsin state law, not a poll worker in Pennsylvania ‘rigging’ ballots
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
A video that shows an election inspector in Madison, Wisconsin writing their initials on ballots as required by state law has been miscaptioned by social media users. They falsely claim it shows an election worker in the hotly contested swing state of Pennsylvania “rigging” ballots for the U.S. midterm elections. Poll worker marking ballots” (here). The poll worker at the ballot table adds the second set of initials to the ballot just before handing the ballot to the voter. The clip shared on social media shows a poll worker initialing ballots as part of routine inspector duties required by Wisconsin state law and is not evidence of “rigging” ballots.
☆ Election officials are bracing for conspiracy-fueled threats — while still hoping for the best
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Allan Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +12 min
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. Election officials also said that the courts could inject chaos into the process if results are contested for weeks following the vote. Droves of election workers throughout Georgia quit their positions following the 2020 election. And in Pennsylvania, nearly 50 top election officials have left their post within the past two years. “Election workers and election officials leave or stop coming in, more errors can occur as a result, which in turn can fuel disinformation,” he said.
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