Election Security

Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow Justice Department election monitors into polling sites. And on Monday, Missouri filed a federal lawsuit seeking a court order to block Justice Department officials from observing inside polling places. Texas followed with a similar lawsuit seeking to permanently bar federal monitoring of elections in the state.

Marion County Supervisor of Elections Wesley Wilcox speaks to "Our Changing State" host Matthew Peddie about what safeguards are in place when voters cast their ballot this year.

The Department of Justice has already alerted elections officials of a higher than normal risk of swatting this election.

Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement, and two others face charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and failing to register with the Justice Department as agents of a foreign government.

Thursday is National Poll Workers Recruitment Day. Federal election officials are working to help local supervisors of elections recruit and retain poll workers, who have faced increasing threats of violence.

Supervisors of elections from Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties talk about everything voters need to know for 2024, including new voting laws.

Supervisors of elections from Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties talk about everything voters need to know for 2024, including new voting laws.

They're worried about volunteers becoming the target of threats and coercion.

The office has drawn opposition from Democrats, who have contended it is an attempt to intimidate minority voters.

Omali Yeshitela, Jesse Nevel and Penny Hess spoke out against charges they worked as "Illegal Agents of the Russian Government."

Among those four charged is Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement.

The Senate bill immediately drew criticism Monday from Rep. Anna Eskamani, an Orlando Democrat who called it “absurd to drop a 98-page elections bill with just a 24-hour notice for its first hearing.”