
It's 2022, and election officials are still dealing with threats
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The ugly, violent and relentless threats against election officials and poll workers since the 2020 election remains one of the toughest stories we've had to cover in the past year. Harassers have besieged this group with dark promises to hunt them down or hang them or harm their children.
And it's changed lives for people across the country: One Philadelphia official told Fredreka about nightmares disturbing his 3-year-old after a barrage of threats brought police to guard the family home.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











