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This is her being arrested in 2016 while she was working as an independent poll watcher in her hometown in russia. she says pro-putin authorities accused her of vague elections violations and held her in detention until voting ended. but the invasion was the final straw. alisa could no longer live in russia. now in georgia, she wants everyone to know what side shes on. >> im just trying to take it in stride. signal as much as i can. >> with the ukraine flag. >> reporter: a public show of support...

Wisconsin. because sure why wouldnt they try that? theres been no negative consequences for them with everything theyve tried thus far. now theres more news along those lines from the great state of texas. this is a story broken this week by the "metro" columnist at the "austin american-statesman," bridgett grumet. she said, quote, i am worried for our democracy. so is travis county clerk dana debeauvoir, the countys tough as nails elections chief for the past 35 years, now speaking publicly abo...

Election. she says quote, i dont take kindly to being threatened and feeling like i cant speak back. to be clear, attorney general paxton did not succeed in his efforts, but earlier this year he tried to indict double far on the charge of unlawfully obstructing a poll watcher, a class a misdemeanor that could bring up to a year in jail. it was a petty and trumped up charge and it did not fly, not even in the venue of williamson county, known for its conservative leaning. a grand jury their retur...

8 for their comments about vote counting. mike detmer, running for state senate was asked at a campaign event over the weekend what republican poll watcher would do if theyre not allowed to observe the process. this is what they said. >> yes, i do. but the american people at some time; if you cant change the tide, which i think we can, we need to be prepared. you ask what we can do. show up armed. >> lock and load, show up armed. again, ask what they can do if this happens in detroit, officials...

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Efforts. but earlier this year he tried to indict debuavoir over unlawfully obstructing a poll watcher that could bring up a year in jail. it was a pretty trumped-up charge and it did not fly, even in paxtons hand-picked venue of williamson county, known for more conservative leanings. a grand jury returned a no bill in april, meaning they refused to hand down the indictment that the attorney general asked for. it all sounds so tidy in the past tense, but debeauvoir lived through months of uncer...

The state ag, ken paxton, who himself remains under indictment for securities fraud and reportedly under a federal investigation over whistle-blower complaints. that same ken paxton has accused her of obstructing a poll watcher. a charge that was ultimately dismissed but which could have meant up to a year in prison. that local election official is now speaking out, warning of the intimidation she and other election officials have faced over lies about election fraud. intimidation, that threaten...

Texas attorney general ken paxton pursued criminal charges against her over her. some of it was successful. she said in an interview, i did not expect it. paxtons office saw to indict this woman on a charge of unlawfullily obstructing a poll watcher would be a class a misdemeanor. i read it because we talk about the future threat to american democracy, that these laws -- these laws pose. but it looks like its already happening. were seeing it like in -- on the ground right now. even in nonelecti...

January 6th committee will be. maybe not so much. there is already a lot thats happening that is going to affect the next election at the local level. cnn has reported on this, sara murray and jeremy had a fascinating story earlier about people at the local level, trump supporters, people who disagree with the election outcome who are getting into very kind of, you know, niche poll watcher-type type of jobs that will have control over what happens in the coming election at the very local level. ...

Democratic terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin. poll watchers have already been seen at several early voting locations and in some of their training courses, according to "the washington post," quote, prospective poll watchers have been taught to see themselves as a bulwark against election fraud, and some groups have been corralling their own poll watcher armies. voting rights advocates call poll watching another barrier for voters, especially voters of colors, not to mention new voti...