Post-Election Survey of U.S. Election Officials Finds Funding Shortages, Partisan Pressure, and Disinformation Campaigns as Key Concerns at the Local Level
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Monday, June 7, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Protect Our Election, a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to strengthening democratic institutions at the state and local level, today released the results of its 2020 Local Election Official Research Survey .
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- WASHINGTON, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Protect Our Election, a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to strengthening democratic institutions at the state and local level, today released the results of its 2020 Local Election Official Research Survey .
- The survey is the first public study of county-level election administrators' opinions conducted after the events of the 2020 presidential election and the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
- The 122-question survey was sent to over 4,600 local election officials (LEOs) in all 50 states, and covered topics ranging from election security and funding to COVID-19 preparations and voter communication efforts.
- "It is no secret that our local election officials are underappreciated, underpaid, and under attack in the wake of the 2020 election cycle," said Steve Wanczyk, executive director of Protect Our Election.