 Since 2020, 12 out of 15 of Arizona's counties have lost senior election officials. As a former county recorder myself, I can attest that the pre-2020 world for election administrators is gone. We don't feel safe in our work because of the harassment and threats that are based in lies. Just ask a former county recorder about her dogs poisoned as a means of intimidation. Her story is one of many veteran Arizona officials from both political parties who have left the profession for the sake of their own physical, mental and emotional health and that of their families. Threats to American democracy are real, and American election administrators are rising to meet these challenges, but we cannot do it alone. Now more than ever, we need a sustained and robust congressional commitment to support our efforts in protecting the democracy that upholds this great republic against the threats that every single one of us faces.