{"id":63277,"date":"2024-03-11T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63277"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:00:47","slug":"whats-leading-women-to-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63277","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Leading Women to the Polls?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As women head to the polls this fall, abuse in office, domestic workers\u2019 rights, reproductive rights and gun control are forefront concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As women voters head to the polls this fall, domestic workers\u2019 rights, reproductive rights, gun control and violence against officeholder and election official women are forefront concerns.<\/p>\n

Abuse in office<\/h2>\n

This violence is a pervasive threat for those on the ballots \u2014 and a national Brennan Center for Justice\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0found that abuse of local elected officials and election workers disproportionately impacts women.<\/p>\n

Among over 350 state legislators surveyed, over 40% had experienced threats or attacks in the past several years, while nearly 20% of local officeholders had. Furthermore, 8% of state legislators said they were explicitly intimidated by a member of the public carrying a weapon \u2014 which is allowed in legislative chambers in many states.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you take into account less severe forms of abuse, like harassment, assaults, and stalking, almost 90% of state legislators and over half of local officeholders had experienced some form of abuse,\u201d said Maya Kornberg, research fellow on the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center at a Friday, March 8 Ethnic Media Services briefing on issues guiding women at the polls.<\/p>\n

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