In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

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In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020
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Election conspiracies have fundamentally changed the job of local voting officials, and many don't want to take it anymore.

A Clark County Election Department worker sorts ballots on Nov. 9, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 60% of the state's county voting officials are new since 2020, according to a new report.A Clark County Election Department worker sorts ballots on Nov. 9, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 60% of the state's county voting officials are new since 2020, according to a new report.

But when the time came to decide whether to run for reelection in 2022, Daniels decided against it. Voting conspiracies had become too much to take. He estimated that he spent hundreds of hours over two years tracking down election concerns that voters got online and brought to his office.of government service.... every day you wake up and it's the same thing over and over again. It doesn't matter how much information and data you share, it doesn't matter how many concerns you answer. There will just be a new group of critics to again dish out the new conspiracy of the day.

Daniels is part of a large group of voting officials who have decided to leave the profession since 2020 and the tension and pressure that followed Donald Trump's loss in that election. In some battleground states, more than half of the local election administrators will be new since the last presidential race, according to a

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