Courts Prep for Resource, Security Challenges in Election Cases

Courts in battleground states are preparing to combat potential security threats and expand resources to field an expected influx of election litigation.

That has courts in states like Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Nevada announcing plans to speed up election-related cases, making sure every judge is on-call, or creating new social media accounts to get out accurate information.

Their efforts come amid increased threats against judges and other public officials and concerns about efforts both domestically and abroad to undermine trust in election rulings.

“Elections are hard on the judiciary because the public is thinking, everything’s political, everything,” and that the “courts ...