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  • Advocates are asking lawmakers for a major increase in federal funding as the January 6 hearings highlight threats to election workers

    6 days ago - By Business Insider

    Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, and her mother Ruby Freeman, right, listen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
    Bipartisan election advocates are asking Congress for $2 billion in federal election funds.
    A proposed spending package would allocate $400 million in election security grants.
    Advocates warned local election offices are "chronically underfunded" in a letter obtained by...
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