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marmar

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Thu Sep 8, 2022, 08:08 AM Sep 2022

Almost half of Michigan local officials report harassment and abuse, survey finds


(Detroit Free Press) Delta Township Clerk Mary Clark thought it'd be a good idea to invite her community to have a conversation about how elections work.

The veteran elections official wanted to walk through how voting apparatuses are operated, broadly explain security and answer any questions from her neighbors about the process. It was an exercise in transparency, an acknowledgment of the years of frustration and confusion fomented by prominent politicians bent on undermining election results.

Within five minutes of sending out a mass email invitation, the responses started coming in.

"The response was, 'if it's a Dem or a RINO, it's not going to be true,'" said Clark, a Democrat and former president of the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks.

"People feel a license to be more rude...I believe it's because there was a White House occupant (former President Donald Trump) that gave permission and demonstrated inappropriate social interactions." ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/08/michigan-local-officials-report-harassment-and-abuse-survey-finds/65956851007/




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Almost half of Michigan local officials report harassment and abuse, survey finds (Original Post) marmar Sep 2022 OP
Yea, license to be rude and more than that, terrorize...and kill journalists even! Alexander Of Assyria Sep 2022 #1
No question--Orange Turdball emboldened them and authorized violence--hate that it's true. Timeflyer Sep 2022 #2
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
1. Yea, license to be rude and more than that, terrorize...and kill journalists even!
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 08:31 AM
Sep 2022

Fascism and terrorism go hand in hand.

America is being terrorized by one of two parties ever to hold power.

Cant believe I wrote that, but true!

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