All posts tagged "Election Worker"

A viral photo that sent right-wing influencers into an Election Day frenzy had a far less sinister explanation than they claimed.

The photo, which the right-wing Alpha News reported a voter took Saturday at a polling site in Rogers, Minnesota, shows an election judge wearing a "Problem Solved" T-shirt streaked with fake blood. On Tuesday, the city said the judge wore it as Halloween attire with "absolutely no political message or intent" behind it. Officials added that the judge gave them permission to disclose that they serve as one of the city's Republican election judges under a state party-balance requirement.

Before the city weighed in, a parade of conservative voices demanded punishment. "This person should be in handcuffs on federal charges," right-wing Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh posted on X, adding that it "should be the kind of decision that ruins her life" and urging the Justice Department to act "immediately."...

An Indiana man has been federally charged for threatening to kill former Michigan election official Tina Barton, who faced an onslaught of abuse from Trump supporters after RNC chair Ronna McDaniel falsely claimed that two thousand Trump votes were allotted to Biden during the general election, The Detroit News reported on Friday.

Andrew Nickels, 37, was charged with transmitting threats in interstate commerce. He faces up to five years in prison, the report says.

"We're watching your...mouth talk about how you think that there's no irregularities...you frauded out America of a real election," Nickels said in a voicemail message on Nov. 10, 2020, according to the indictment. "Ten million plus patriots will surround you when you least expect it, and your little infantile Deep State security agency has no time to protect you because they'll be bought out and we'll f------ kill you."...