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More states fight back against threats to election workers
CNN
Lawmakers in New Mexico are expected to take up a proposal that would make it a crime to intimidate election workers -- becoming at least the fourth state to consider new laws this year to confront the onslaught of threats against them.
The bill from state Sen. Katy Duhigg, a Democrat and a former Albuquerque city clerk, would make it a felony to "induce fear" in anyone working for state or local election agencies.
Lawmakers in at least three other states -- Washington, Maine and Vermont -- are considering measures that would criminalize threats against election workers or make it easier to prosecute offenders.
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