Election Officials Still Get Death Threats

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🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The nation's top election officials met in Iowa last weekend. They discussed the ongoing challenge presented by false conspiracy theories pushed by Republicans about the presidential election.

This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, voting and misinformation reporter Miles Parks, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all this is Dr. D from St. Petersburg, Florida and these are my honey bees.
0:07.3	This is the NPR Politics Podcast which was recorded at.
0:10.8	It is 205 pm on Wednesday, August 18th.
0:16.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:18.3	Okay, here's the show.
0:20.1	You know, I know bees are important and necessary to the ecosystem but keep them away from me.
0:28.0	But as long as you don't bother bees, they won't bother you.
0:31.0	That's the great thing about a bee.
0:32.8	I lived across the street from a guy when I was growing up who in high school we would
0:37.6	walk home from the bus together and he raised bees in his backyard.
0:40.7	So I have very warm feelings about bees.
0:42.7	Yeah, they'll also give you a warm feeling when they sting you.
0:46.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:53.2	I'm Aisha Roscoe.
0:54.2	I cover the White House.
0:55.5	I'm Miles Parks and I cover voting.
0:57.8	Madam, Dominic Amantinara, Senior Political Editor and correspondent.
1:00.9	So Miles, this weekend you were in Iowa with top US election officials.
1:06.6	They were gathering for one of their annual meetings.
1:10.6	We are deep into 2021 at this point.
1:14.4	But at this meeting, you were still hearing a lot about that election that happened last
1:19.0	year in 2020.
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