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Election workers are preparing for yet another busy and hectic election season while having to grapple the fear that comes with the job. One such worker in a swing Pennsylvania county said indifference to constant threats is a necessity for her occupation. In a recent interview with the Guardian, 26-year-old Emily Cook — who is acting director of elections in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — said she’s grown “very numb” to the inundation of threats that election workers face in today’s tense political environment, even when she knows exactly who the threats are coming from. “It would be lying if…

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