The guide encourages agencies to establish relationships with local election officials before a swatting incident happens, exchange contact information, and agree in advance on how to verify a call and respond proportionately. The guide also encourages swatting be written into security plans, and the response practiced together through tabletop exercises. The bottom line: election officials are being swatted, often as part of a broader pattern of harassment, and preparing ahead of time is what lets responders de-escalate instead of turning a false report into a real crisis.
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