While the hush-hush measures might seem a bit extreme, they were put in place because of the very real threats against election workers that have been escalating since the 2020 presidential election.
Portland police close Commercial Street from Pearl to Franklin to traffic just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Multiple streets in Portland's downtown district and along its congested waterfront will be temporarily closed to traffic during the National Governor's Association summer conference being held in the city. MADISON, Wis. — The meeting place? A secret. Agenda? Not public. Name tags? Take them off in public.
“This is just at a different level, and it’s a reflection of the times and it’s unfortunate,” he said. Griswold, a Democrat who has received numerous death threats since the 2020 election, traveled to the National Association of Secretaries of State conference earlier this summer in Louisiana with private security.
At the group’s summer meeting earlier this month in Baton Rouge, local law enforcement officers were visible in the lobby and meeting areas of the hotel where the conference was being held. Members of the media were instructed to keep their credentials visible while in the meeting area.When the National Governors Association met earlier this month in Portland, Maine, security was the highest in the state in decades.
“We are in different times right now,” said Shannon Moss, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. “Just look at recent events that happened in our country — mass shootings, violent and disruptive protests, a divisive political climate. Law enforcement has to be prepared to deal with these kinds of potential security threats.”
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