Election Equipment

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New Minnesota law adds protections for election workers

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) —  In Minnesota, new protections are now in place to protect election workers from threats, harassment, and intimidation. The new law makes it illegal to intimidate election workers, interfere with the administration of an election or tamper with voting equipment or a ballot box. The state joins a growing list of other states that have enacted…
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New Election Equipment Rolling Out to Counties in North Dakota

State election officials received more than 900 machines and devices last month and began testing them.
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BISMARCK, N.D.–New election equipment to replace machines that have on occasion failed is being rolled out in North Dakota. The Legislature budgeted about $8 million this year to meet $3 million in federal funds for the new election equipment statewide to replace 15-year-old machines. A survey of county auditors by the North Dakota Association of Counties this year showed 27…