Election officials have looked to bolster security at major vote tabulation sites across the country after chaos at them in 2020 largely caught officials flat-footed.
“As in 2020, and as in the August primary, some people could think that they are somehow ensuring the integrity of the process by coming down to our central faculty and staring at a building where people are counting inside, and think think that they’re somehow positively contributing to the process,” Stephen Richer, the chief election officer in Maricopa County, Ariz., said in a brief interview last week. “So we’re prepared for such a scenario.
“Huntington Place, in Detroit, we expect that’s the number one target,” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told reporters last week, referencing the convention center in the city’s downtown where absentee ballots will be tabulated. In early efforts to head off threats to tabulation centers, election officials have spent the past several weeks trying to ratchet down expectations for when complete election results will come. Many had few fears about widespread disruptions at polling locations during voting on Tuesday, but were more concerned about disruptions with tabulation once polls close.
“What are you doing to respond to people that may show up at your office and want to see you ballot counting, how are you handling that?” he said. “I have been saying this as much as I can, if you’re calling 911 on Election Day, it’s too late.”
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