Suspicious letters were sent to election offices throughout the country on Election Day last week. The five states that received suspicious letters were Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Texas and California.

Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk Dean Logan confirmed the U.S. Postal Service had intercepted a piece of suspicious mail addressed to his office. The origins of the letter are currently being investigated.

Logan joined “Inside the Issues” to discuss the suspicious letters and what the election offices are doing in the lead up to the 2024 elections.

“I think it’s sort of a sense of what may lay ahead in the ‘24 presidential cycle,” Logan said. “And so we’re gearing up, making sure that we’re ready and able to respond to whatever might come our way.”

Suspicious letters were intercepted in both LA and Sacramento.

“It seems the intent here is to disrupt the process. It’s somewhat of a denial of service attack,” Logan said. “And I think that’s what we have to be prepared for. We have to ensure that voters know that they can be confident, that when they mail their ballot back, it is going to be handled securely and processed.” 

The 2024 election cycle approaching requires counties to recruit workers, which has become a more difficult task given the current political climate.

“The process we use for representative democracy in this country depends on those election workers," Logan said. "That process doesn’t belong to me, it doesn’t belong to the county. It belongs to the voters."

However, Logan added that part of recruiting is using these negative experiences as a way to galvanize people to volunteer to help ensure a secured election.

“We can’t let the people with the bad intentions disrupt that process,” he said, adding that the county will have enough protocols in place to help create a safe environment for poll workers.

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