With poll workers facing enormous scrutiny, Georgia is deploying a new tool to help keep them safe

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October 24th, 2022

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, testifies as he mother, Ruby Freeman listens, 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. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Tight elections and baseless conspiracy theories mean election workers are facing enormous scrutiny, so the Georgia Secretary of State’s office is introducing a text-messaging application to help election workers flag threats. 

After the 2020 election, Fulton County election worker Shaye Moss said she no longer felt comfortable giving out her business card or even going to the grocery store. 

For weeks, Rudy Giuliani, then-President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, spread lies about widespread election fraud in Georgia. Those lies entangled Moss, who became the target of a barrage of violent threats.

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