Election officials are alarmed by the increase in the number of death threats they have received since the presidential election.

This was particularly seen in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada, the key swing states wherein President Donald Trump's campaign is trying to overthrow the results.

Deadlines to certify election results are quickly nearing, according to a Business Insider report. With this, each state in the coming days will likely declare Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as the winner of its electoral votes.

Gabriel Sterling, the voting system implementation manager for Georgia's Secretary of State, tweeted during the weekend that there were multiple attempted hacks of his email.

Sterling added that there were police around his home due to threats. He continued to say that all is well, and they are following the process, the law, and doing their jobs.

Sterling shared the social media post a day after Georgia officially certified Biden as the winner of its 16 electoral votes. 

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Trump campaign immediately requested a recount, even though an audit that included a hand recount of more than five million ballots cast statewide placed Biden in the lead by over 12,000 votes.

Reports also showed that state officials in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada are receiving death threats. Biden is forecasted to win those states.

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has initiated multiple lawsuits to overturn these results. However, the said lawsuits have not won any so far. Trump still refuses to concede to Biden and continues to say baseless claims of fraudulent ballots, adding that the election is being stolen from him.

Local authorities are still probing the threats that come as poll workers tally votes ahead of each state's certification deadline in the following days.

In Georgia, state Secretary Brad Raffensperger raised concerns about death threats directed at him and his wife. Raffensperger is a Republican and certified the state's election results on Friday.

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"The Raffenspergers should be put on trial for treason and face execution," as quoted in a text message that his wife received after the election.

Judges earlier rejected two of Trump's legal charges against Georgia as there is no evidence of electoral fraud or voting irregularities.

The same situation was reported in Pennsylvania, with Republican City Commissioner of Philadelphia Al Schmidt saying that earlier this month, his office got death threats for counting votes. This was while the Trump campaign resorted to lawsuits to stop the count.

Schmidt said that it all feels very deranged from the inside looking out.Pennsylvania is seen to certify its election results on Monday.

In Michigan, where Biden is ahead by more than 155,000 votes, local workers had fended off threats that include during a Zoom meeting when a person interrupted the call with threats of rape and violence, as reported by Business Insider.

The Trump campaign has lost four lawsuits claiming improper counting of ballots and massive fraud in the state.Canvassers are expected to certify the state's Electoral College votes on Monday.

Nevada and Arizona experienced the same threats. State Secretary Katie Hobbs of Arizona said last week that she faced ongoing and escalating threats, as well as her family and staff.