False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers

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False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers
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Election workers nationwide have reported more than 1,000 “hostile contacts” over the past year, and some in Texas say they're being smeared and threatened. Texas Elections2022 ElectionsWorkers BigLie DonaldTrump threats TexasRepublicans

Elections administrator Heider Garcia on July 22, 2022, pulls up security cam footage of an election integrity group recounting the votes from the 2020 GOP primary elections at the Tarrant County Elections Administration building in Fort Worth.

That official, Heider Garcia, was the target of a smear campaign by allies of former President Donald Trump and prominent right-wing media personalities, purporting a falsehood that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him due to widespread voter fraud. The claim of widespread voter fraud in the election has been repeatedly debunked, and several of Trump’s own aides have stated that the election was fair.

There have been more than 1,000 “hostile contacts” reported by election workers over the past year, and the American public’s faith in election integrity is decreasing. One in five election workers said in a survey earlier this year that they are likely to leave their posts before the 2024 election.

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