Sara Cutter from the American Council for Election Technology highlighted that industry employees now meet with local law enforcement to prepare for potential threats ahead of the upcoming election. This includes discussing contingency plans to address scenarios like 'swatting', where false crime reports are made to elicit an armed police response to someone's home.
Cutter noted, 'The level of threat has increased exponentially and has not cooled off since 2020,' illustrating how persistent fears of retaliation have affected voting machine company staff since the last election.
Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems are proactively combating misinformation regarding their operations and ownership. They are debunking on their websites various false claims that link them to prominent figures, such as billionaire George Soros.
Representative of the voting technology sector stated: 'Employees with companies that provide voting machine equipment and services are not taking any chances this time around,' indicating increased vigilance among personnel in the face of heightened risks.
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