republican al schmitz from philadelphia announced at this hearing today that he himself will not run for re-election when he's up again in 2023. he described the torrent of threats as, quote, domestic terrorism. he said the whole point is to terrorize, intimidate and to coerce. and it's not just sort of top-level elections officials included elected officials themselves in charge of administering elections who have been suffering. the threats and the lies are also having a detrimental effect on poll workers, on regular every day citizens who volunteer their time and effort in order to keep our democracy chugging along. >> 15,000 volunteer workers to run an election in kentucky. we're losing poll workers, and we have to find a way to inspire people to volunteer. we have 120 counties in kentucky. and this year, there is about 15 or so of 120 clerks that have