A Phoenix-based company that prints voting materials for counties across the nation is battening down the hatches ahead of this year’s pivotal election cycle.
Runbeck Election Services already had fisheye cameras, an access-controlled facility, robust cybersecurity measures, GPS-tracked trucks and a “no phone” policy for employees in 2020.
It is now adding to its security list in the wake of two elections that saw false allegations of fraud and subsequent threats against election workers.
“You had the concern around elections,” said company President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Ellington. “I wanted to make sure that our employees felt safe and that our counties that we contract with knew that what was going on here was safe and secure.”
Ellington said the ballot printing facility added armed officers when election conspiracies first took root after Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the most recent presidential election. He and some of his employees have received threats related to election misinformation.