{"id":206,"date":"2022-08-15T20:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T20:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:26:03","slug":"press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Statement: Gillespie County Elections Staff Resign Over Death Threats, Stalking"},"template":"","class_list":["post-206","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The director and staff of a Texas county resigned Monday from their position because of threats and harassment. ","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[108,117,406],"related_work":[119],"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director and staff of Gillespie County\u2019s elections office resigned from their posts citing threats, stalking, and harassment from rampant misinformation surrounding the election process, according to a recent report in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericksburgstandard.com\/news\/threats-stalking-lead-election-office-resignation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fredericksburg Standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anissa Herrera had been the election administrator in Gillespie County\u00a0 in Texas\u2019 Hill Country since 2019. She told the newspaper that she had received death threats and been stalked in connection with her job.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Texas support our state\u2019s election administrators and workers.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eac.gov\/help-america-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Poll Worker Recruitment Day<\/a>. Those interested in becoming election workers in Texas can find more information <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.votetexas.gov\/get-involved\/how-to-become-an-election-worker.html#:~:text=To%20get%20the%20process%20started,workers%20about%20polling%20place%20procedures.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Statement from Common Cause Texas\u2019 Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Texas stands in support of our election administrators and workers dedicated to making sure we have safe and secure systems in Texas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gillespie County resignations are the direct result of bad actors who want dedicated election workers to abandon their commitment to us, the voters, and our election security. These threats are un-American and extreme attempts to stop professional, nonpartisan local election workers from doing the important work of protecting the vote in their communities and counting it fairly.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite these illegal and egregious intimidation tactics, election protection efforts by Common Cause Texas and other groups continue to work toward staffing polling centers with those committed to safeguarding democracy. We are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> heartened and encouraged by those who are stepping up to become election workers and fill these critical roles of running our elections. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many poll workers are committed to being the frontline of our democracy, so we must also fight on their behalf and leverage the tools we have to protect them and the crucial role they play in our democracy.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We cannot allow our local election officials to be mistreated like this. Texas should enact stiffer penalties for those who harass our local election officials and prosecutors must take these incidents seriously.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importantly, we also need our elected officials, including our governor, to stop propagating lies that undermine faith in our elections.<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Press Statement: Gillespie County Elections Staff Resign Over Death Threats, Stalking - Common Cause Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Statement: Gillespie County Elections Staff Resign Over Death Threats, Stalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/press-statement-gillespie-county-elections-staff-resign-over-death-threats-stalking\/\",\"name\":\"Press Statement: Gillespie County Elections Staff Resign Over Death Threats, Stalking - 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