"The Truth Was On My Side": Election Official Beats Back Fraud Conspiracies

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“The Truth Was On My Side": Election Official Beats Back Fraud Conspiracies - Bolts
Natalie Adona won a county clerk-recorder election last week in California’s Nevada County that showcased the effects of the Big Lie on local politics.
1:40 PM · Jun 13, 2022

https://boltsmag.org/natalie-adona-election-administration/?s=09

Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have fueled a torrent of harassment against election officials, many of whom fear for their safety. Natalie Adona, who works in the office of the clerk-recorder and registrar of voters in Nevada County, in northeast California, says she has experienced this first hand and hears about it from many of her peers.

Still, Adona chose to run to be her county’s chief election official this year, after her boss decided to retire. What followed was an ugly campaign that drew attention from the Los Angeles Times after a mailer called Adona, who is Asian American, a “carpetbagger.” Adona has been furiously targeted by the local right since anti-mask protesters refused to wear a mask in the elections office in January, and website sprang up to attack her.

One of Adona’s two opponents was the founder of a local group of election auditors; he claimed that the 2020 election was invalid and demanded an end to mail voting. The other, endorsed by local Republicans, called for new measures to address a supposed lack of election security, such as involving sheriff’s deputies in transporting mail ballots.

When the dust cleared last week, Adona won by an overwhelming margin. As of publication, she has secured nearly 70 percent of the vote against her two rivals, who received just above 30 percent combined.

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