January 27, 2024

‘Every noise makes you jumpy’: US election workers confront threats and abuse with resilience training

“Barton, now a senior elections expert at the Elections Group, tells this story to rooms of elections officials, many of whom have experienced the same harassment and threats she did when Donald Trump and his allies led a campaign to question and overturn the results of the 2020 election. It’s part of a resilience training she hosts at elections conferences around the country, as well as virtually, to confront the ongoing harassment public servants face.”