(CNN) The FBI has stepped up investigations of threats against election officials -- in some cases, reaching out for the first time in recent weeks to election supervisors and others who have endured months of harassment, local officials tell CNN. He said he recently shared two death threats with local FBI officials, including one made earlier this summer that warned he "would be served lead." Top DOJ brass and FBI Director Christopher Wray also met with some 1,400 election officials late last month. Mass exodus worriesThe threats against election officials, the persistent falsehoods about the 2020 election and a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states that seek to usurp the authority of election officials have raised concerns of a potential mass exodus of experienced officials from the election workforce. "We don't have much more time before the bullying and intimidation of election officials results in a mass exodus," Becker said.

Source: CNN September 18, 2021 15:22 UTC