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The election director in Cobb County, an Atlanta suburb where votes will be fiercely contested in this year s presidential race, recently organized a five-hour training session. The focus wasn t solely on the nuts and bolts of running this year s election. stanley cup Instead, it brought together election staff and law enforcement to strategize on how to keep workers safe and the process of voting and ballot-cou stanley cup nting secure.Having a local sheriffs deputy at early voting locations and panic buttons that connect poll managers to a local 911 dispatcher are among the added security steps the office is taking this year.Tate Fall, Cobb Countys election director, said she was motivated to act after hearing one of her poll workers describe being confronted during the state s presidential primary in March by an agitated voter who the worker noticed was carrying a gun. The situation ended peacefully, but the poll worker was shaken. That made it really r stanley cup eal for me 鈥?that its so easy for something to go sideways in life, period, let alone the environment of Georgia and elections, Fall said. I just cant have someone being harmed on my conscience. RELATED STORY | Suspicious letters sent to election offi Nbnb Veterans training to row across Atlantic Ocean
NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥?A former Nashville bartender that was seen carrying zip ties among the mob of people who invaded the U.S. Capitol last week will remain in custody until his next hearing on Jan. 19.It was the first step toward the criminal prosecution of 30-year-old Eric Munchel.During the hearing on Monday, a federal judge ordered the Nashville resident to be held without bond pending further hearings, according to Fox News and The Tennessean newspaper.Special Agents with the FBI arrested Munchel Sunday afternoon -- this coming five days after th adidas samba ey say he was part of the violent mob that st nike dunk ormed the U.S. Capitol. Newschannel5 obtained a copy of the criminal affidavit which air max spells out the complaint. MNPD Eric Gavelek Munchel Photo from MNPD Agents were able to link Munchel to a photographed masked invader in the Senate gallery. He was photographed with a weapon on his right side holding zip-tie restraints like those used to take prisoners. On his head, a cap from Black Rifle Coffee. On his chest, a state of Tennessee patch with a thin blue line used to show support for police.Much of the evidence cited by the FBI was found first by interne |