Steve Simon: “Unfortunate distraction.”

It’s unhelpful to have political leaders, including the secretary of Homeland Security, hinting at imprisoning election administrators who don’t do what they want,” Simon told Votebeat. “That’s just not helpful.

Threats against election workers are unacceptable and should not be tolerated.

Our office will not be deterred and will continue to support the thousands of election officials across the state as they administer elections to their communities.

There’s been a real rupture in the relationship between the federal government and the states over voter security.