Data Removal for Election Workers, Poll Workers, and Election Officials
Election workers, from county clerks to volunteer poll workers, may face harassment or doxxing connected to election administration. Some jurisdictions provide role-specific protections, but the covered roles, sources, and remedies must be checked in the current state law.
Threat model
Politically motivated harassment, conspiracy-driven doxxing, physical intimidation
Why are election workers at elevated risk?
Election workers' names may appear on voter-roll processing records, certification documents, and post-election news coverage. Publicly available information can be exploited to locate home addresses and support intimidation or harassment; records and risk may remain relevant after a single election cycle.
Which brokers should you remove first?
Not every broker is equally dangerous for your situation. Start here, in this order:
- 1.Whitepages, frequent first-hit for hostile searches
- 2.Spokeo, shows family members (often collateral targets)
- 3.TruePeopleSearch, FastPeopleSearch, sources to review when a matching listing is visible
- 4.BeenVerified, deeper profiles
- 5.Intelius, background-check depth used by persistent harassers
Where is your data leaking from?
- Election administration certifications filed with state
- News coverage of election-night vote tabulation
- County/state employee directories
- Voter registration records (in your own name)
- LinkedIn / public profiles confirming election role
How do you remove your data, the playbook
- 1
Check the current state statute and election-administration guidance for role-specific protection, confidentiality, or harassment remedies. Do not infer coverage from another state.
- 2
Coordinate with your county clerk or secretary of state office, many provide direct privacy-support resources for election workers.
- 3
Document every harassing contact with timestamps. This creates the record needed if you need to invoke state harassment-crime statutes.
- 4
The Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) provides election-worker safety resources.
- 5
Re-check when source records change, a provider responds, or the safety situation warrants it; there is no universal re-listing cycle.
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FAQ: Election Workers
What laws protect election workers from doxxing?+
Some states address election-worker harassment, doxxing, confidentiality, or source-specific removal, but the laws and covered roles differ. Check the current state statute and election authority guidance before citing a bill number or assuming expedited broker removal.
Can I use Daniel's Law if I'm an election official?+
Usually not automatically. New Jersey's Daniel's Law covers defined judicial officers, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators, and certain household members. Maryland's Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act focuses on judges, magistrates, other judicial officers, and their families. Colorado has an election-worker request route for certain government records, while Washington's address-confidentiality statute includes qualifying election officials who are targets of specified threats or harassment. Check your state's law and eligibility.
What do I do if I am actively being harassed?+
Immediate steps: (1) Document each contact with screenshots and timestamps. (2) Report to the Elections Infrastructure ISAC. (3) Contact local law enforcement, many states now have dedicated election-worker liaison units. (4) Begin broker cleanup urgently. (5) Brief family members on security-awareness basics.
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Which laws apply to election workers?
These statutes are most directly relevant to your threat model. Read each explainer to understand what you can invoke in a deletion request.