Election officials across Illinois offer a variety of answers about security and precautions being taken for the Nov. 8 elections and what, if any, harassment or intimidation they’ve received.
Melody McAllister, right, votes in the Boone County clerk’s office in Belvidere on Oct. 25, 2022.
Bliss said that, in addition to calls from suspicious voters, she has received calls from prospective election judges who feel nervous about the job. In one case, someone considering becoming an election judge decided against it because they felt the safety risk was too high. “I’m going to make sure people have accessibility until my last breath,” said Byrd, who added that secure, democratic elections will be increasingly threatened if election deniers are allowed to flourish.
“It is a new thing entirely. It’s worse than it’s ever been,” he said. “They’re being attacked because they did something incredibly well. They somehow managed the highest turnout we’ve ever had in American history in the middle of a global pandemic.”Unlike other states in the nation, Illinois’ election system isn’t centralized, a fact local election authorities point to as a reason why coordinated widespread vote fraud is less likely to occur., mostly county clerks like Bliss and Byrd.
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek said her office has received angry, profanity-filled voicemails claiming the 2020 election was stolen. Some messages in the past few years have even threatened violence, she added.first Democrat elected to countrywide office “Our judges are worried. We do watch what’s going on nationally and it does make our judges worried,” said Staley Ferry, who has asked police chiefs in Will County to add extra patrols on Election Day. “We just want to do everything we can to make them feel safe.”
Back in Boone County, each polling place will have a poster outlining safety measures provided by the county, Bliss said. Her primary concern is not at the polling places, but rather at her office while the votes are being counted after the polls close, she added.
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