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More than one in three Americans now say politically motivated violence is justified, and the online public exposure of personal info by data brokers contributes to this risk. SOMERVILLE, Mass., November 1, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Results from multiple recent surveys [1,2] underscore a disturbing new trend in American society: between 25 and 40 percent of voters now think violence is justifiable against political opponents. These risks are increasingly real: convictions for threats against public officials have doubled in the last five years and are up 30 percent in 2023 alone [3]. Election workers have been facing an onslaught of public…