What Next - The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
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🗓️ 7 June 2022
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Summary
Republicans who still haven’t accepted that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in 2020 are recruiting “a volunteer army” of poll watchers and poll workers for upcoming elections. For those who want transparent and fair elections, an influx of enthusiasm is theoretically a good thing. But if new poll workers and poll watchers have an agenda— chasing after fraud that didn’t happen—can they hurt more than they help?
Guest: Alexandra Berzon, investigative reporter for the New York Times.
Guest hosted by Mary C. Curtis, columnist at Roll Call and host of its Equal Time podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't just midweek football. |
| 0:02.2 | It's wide-eyed, shirtless jordies on a European tour. |
| 0:05.8 | It's noisy neighbours turn trebles winners doing the post-NAM. |
| 0:09.6 | It's the red devils burning with scores to settle. |
| 0:12.5 | It's the young gunners all fired up with their sights set on glory. |
| 0:16.4 | It's the chance to compete with Europe's elite. |
| 0:19.2 | This isn't just football, this is everything. |
| 0:21.5 | Not change the medal! |
| 0:23.1 | Watch the UEFA Champions League and Europa League live an exclusive on TNT Sports. |
| 0:30.0 | Sometimes, I think back to November 2020, and that limbo we were all in as we waited for |
| 0:42.0 | the presidential election to be called. |
| 0:44.6 | A day or two after voting closed, Trump supporters started massing at a ballot processing center |
| 0:50.0 | in Maricopa County, Arizona. |
| 0:52.6 | They were agitated and suspicious about what poll workers and poll watchers were doing |
| 0:58.0 | inside. |
| 1:04.0 | I wondered where all that energy would go after the election was concluded, and in recent |
| 1:08.9 | months, I may have gotten an answer. |
| 1:15.0 | Some of that energy may be not as loud but just as intense is going toward election administration. |
| 1:21.4 | We need to be present. |
| 1:22.9 | We need to have you as election officials, as poll watchers, researching what's going |
| 1:28.0 | on in the election offices. |
| 1:30.6 | Clita Mitchell, a Republican lawyer, has made her mission to tell stop the steel supporters |
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