11/04/2024

Panic Buttons, Drones, Snipers among Plans to Guard a High-risk Election

Analysts say extraordinary security measures protect voters

Eager to reassure nervous Americans that their votes will be protected, authorities are touting unprecedented security plans designed to withstand violence and other nightmare scenarios on Election Day and in a potentially uncertain aftermath.

Throughout the country, local officials are taking elaborate measures to fortify election-related sites, including plans for snipers on a rooftop to protect a key vote-counting headquarters, panic buttons for election workers and surveillance drones buzzing overhead.

Law enforcement agencies are keeping first responders on standby and flooding the streets with extra patrol officers. At least two states, Nevada and Washington, have activated the National Guard in case of unrest. Arizona’s secretary of state, in charge of certifying statewide results, has said he wears a bulletproof vest in case of attack.

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