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States address threats toward election officials before midterms

Por: WPTV Nation October 18, 2022

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DENVER — With the 2022 midterm election just a few weeks away, election officials are sounding the alarm about a dramatically increasing number of threats to their personal safety and voting systems. Several officials held a virtual press conference Friday to ask voters to help combat disinformation.According to reports from the FBI and Department of Justice, even states have seen a lion’s share of potentially criminal threats, based on... + full article



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