Maine’s secretary of state said she has received threats in the wake of her decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment on Friday.
“I was prepared for the possibility of threats, and I really appreciate law enforcement and the people around me who have been incredibly supportive of my safety and security,” Shenna Bellows (D) said during a Friday appearance on CNN. “My safety and security is important, so is the safety and security of everyone who works with me and we have received threatening communications.”
“Those are unacceptable,” Bellows continued.
Is there a legal procedure to voluntary tap own phone so all these things get tracked better and timely beforehand? If a public official knows they’d be soon targeted by a harassment campaign, might as well give up some privacy to ensure evidence against threatening individuals is collected as soon as possible.
Yes, this would be a great way to draw some of them out and get them in prison, ideally. Not only would it keep them from joining an even larger organized violent effort, it would likely keep them from voting, too. win-win.
Maine is a One Party Consent state.