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Political Violence Resources
Publications, partner reports, webinars, and state-specific guidance supporting prosecutors and the officials they work alongside.
Publications and Downloads
APA report · PDF
Prosecutors and Politics: Collaborative Strategies and Model Policies for Addressing Threats and Acts of Political Violence
Published by APA in partnership with the Joyce Foundation following a bipartisan roundtable of prosecutors, federal partners, and national experts. The paper collects model policies and collaborative strategies to confront and mitigate political violence.
Read alongside the partner publications below, which cover threat protection, extremism in the ranks, and the laws protecting officials and election workers.
National Counterterrorism Center
Protection Considerations for Violent Extremist Threats to Public Officials
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
Defending Democracy
States United Democracy Center & ICAP
Countering Bigotry and Extremism in the Ranks: A First Amendment Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies
Brennan Center for Justice & Bipartisan Policy Center
Election Officials Under Attack
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
State Fact Sheets for Laws Barring Unauthorized Militias
For election officials and their counsel
Published by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Government Counsel and Election Official Network (GCEON), and the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), and linked here for reference.
Brennan Center for Justice
State Election Interference Handbooks
These state-specific election law interference handbooks outline key federal and state laws and regulations that may help election officials, their attorneys, and others who support them to prepare for and respond to election interference. The handbooks suggest questions, scenarios, and actions that officials should consider in developing their plans related to these issues.
GCEON
Five Steps for STRONG Election Partnerships
Election officials and their counsel play critical roles in safeguarding our elections. This resource suggests five steps that election officials and their legal counsel should take together to develop trusted relationships.
GCEON
How to Respond to an External Investigation
Elections are becoming increasingly vulnerable to threats against election officials, including partisan interference and accusations of criminal misconduct. This resource aims to equip election officials with the required sage and learned counsel to carry out their duties and to respond to law enforcement inquiries.
Committee for Safe and Secure Elections
Quick Reference Guides
The Quick Reference Guides are state-specific election administration resources designed to help election officials quickly locate important information without searching through multiple statutes, regulations, or agency websites. Each guide includes key information such as election administration dates and voting hours, state election offices and agency contacts, state election laws and procedures, and additional election administration resources.
2026 Pocket Guides · PDF
NV CSSE Nevada Pocket Guide 2026 → NY CSSE New York Pocket Guide 2026 → All Find your state’s guide →Brennan Center for Justice
Election Observers Rules and Constraints
These state-specific resources provide a detailed overview of the federal and state laws that serve as guardrails against election observers disrupting the voting process or intimidating voters or election workers.
Brennan Center for Justice
Laws Protecting Voters and Election Workers from Intimidation
These state-specific resources provide an overview of the federal and state laws that serve as guardrails against the intimidation of voters and election workers and the disruption of the voting process.
Brennan Center for Justice
Poll Worker Rules and Constraints
Poll workers play a critical role in election administration. At the same time, bad actors have attempted to recruit fellow election deniers to be poll workers. This series of state-level guides highlight the safeguards in place to ensure that poll workers cannot disrupt election processes.
Webinars
Prosecutors Addressing Political Violence Collaborative Strategies and Recommendations · 10/20/22
Milwaukee County District Attorney, John Chisholm, and Winnebago County Assistant District Attorney, Christian Gossett, discuss collaborative strategies and model policies for addressing threats and acts of political violence. This discussion will provide insight into the various methods of addressing political violence and the protection of elected officials and other public servants through monitoring, collaboration, and training. This webinar has been approved for Continuing Legal Education credit by the state of California.
Investigating Threats and Acts of Political Violence · 12/6/22
This webinar discusses strategies and considerations for investigating threats and acts of political violence with the Solicitor General for the State of Michigan, Fadwa Hammoud. Topics addressed are initial considerations, decision-making strategies, and evidence collection. This webinar has been approved for Continuing Legal Education credit by the state of California.
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