An elections worker wanted to serve her country. A stew of conspiracy theories and vitriol awaited

RENO, Nev. (AP) — One morning last month, Cari-Ann Burgess did something completely unremarkable: She made a quick stop at a coffee shop on her way to work.

For Burgess, the top election official in a northern Nevada county, such outings could be precarious. As she waited for a hot tea and breakfast sandwich, an older woman approached.

"She proceeded to tell me that I should be ashamed of myself — that I'm a disgrace, I'm an embarrassment to Washoe County, and I should crawl into a hole and die," Burgess said in an interview with The Associated Press the following day.

A morning stop at the co...

 

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