Election officials in the hotly contested Arizona district face more heat ahead of the state’s midterm elections, including harassment, intimidation and death threats. , a massive ballot audit at the request of Republican officials and voters, received at least 140 threats between July 11 and August 22. Reuters“You will all be executed,” wrote one emailer. “His limbs were wrapped in wires and tied to a car and dragged,” wrote another. Other employees reported being stalked or photographed at work. In April, local authorities began preparing for the expected attack by simulating violence in drills where people would be killed. It’s just another tool,” Arizona Election Commission President Lisa Mara said of the drill. According to Maricopa’s information security officer, the escalating threat of violence is making it “increasingly difficult” to work.