[ad_1] Threats and harassment against local public officials rose in 2023, according to research tracking political violence and hostility provided to NBC News. The researchers found that threats and harassment against officials including city council members, school board members, poll workers, mayors and local prosecutors increased significantly in the second half of the year. Elected … Read more
[ad_1] Local election officials want help from the Biden administration to fight disinformation about voting. So far help has been scarce. Fear of interfering with free speech has hindered the government’s effort to squelch false rumors, some of them spread by Donald Trump. Meanwhile, local election officials receive constant threats. Election officials across the country … Read more
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is weighing whether a Texas woman who served on a small-town council can pursue a retaliation claim after she was arrested following her criticisms of a senior official. Sylvia Gonzalez, then 72, was arrested in 2019 after recently taking office as a council member in Castle Hills, … Read more