Election Violence Is Already Here
WiredA man in a white van circled an early voting site in Loxahatchee, Florida, and shouted antisemitic and racist slurs at a group of people campaigning outside. WIRED is tracking how disinformation and heightened political rhetoric is spilling out into the real world as Election Day nears, manifesting in acts of sabotage, intimidation, and violence. Since 2020, election workers have faced a constant barrage of threats, harassment, and stalking at such a level that the DOJ formed a special division just to investigate those types of threats. A series of intelligence memos reported by WIRED indicate that officials are bracing for potential chaos and sabotage from “insider threats,” as well as possible attacks on voting infrastructure for the 2024 US election. The V-Dem Institute, a political-science think tank based in Sweden that takes a data-driven approach to evaluating democracies around the world, put out a report predicting a “relatively high likelihood of electoral violence” for the election.
History of this topic
Editorial: Election denialism could spark violence after a close race
LA Times
Domestic extremists with ‘election-related grievances’ could turn to violence in final weeks of election, FBI and DHS warn
CNN
‘We are a tinderbox’: Political violence is ramping up, experts warn
LA Times
Voting Wars: Unprecedented efforts by pro-Trump Republicans and election officials are targeting the 2022 election
Raw Story
Election Dispute Increases Risk Of Political Violence, Analysts Warn
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