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I remember going to vote with my mother. it was a fire house in our small town. and it was a ritual to go and vote. and your mom regularly worked polls for elections until she passed away i know in 2014 your daughter has served as a poll worker. and now theres all these threats on election workers. >> yes. >> in a sense, it is personal, something you personally understand. >> it is not just personal to me but to millions of americans who ever work the polls themselves or know someone in their fa...

Votes that concern people. and dont wait until you get all of them dumped. so we have a steady spread of information so people dont freak out over the wild swings. >> youre obviously worried and georgia setup a new text alert system. what response have you seen during this early voting system? is there cause to be concerned? >> so far so good. ive got to tell you, jake. after the primaries in georgia, president trump came and endorsed every one of the incumbents won. governor kemp thumped his op...

Opponent by over 50 points. raffensperger thumped his opponent. its calmed down in georgia. are there going to be issues in georgia potentially? absolutely. thats why we have the poll worker first response text program so we can alert our headquarters, local county headquarters, and law enforcement with fast response with thorough information so we dont get these crazy rumors that get around twitter and stuff, we have real information to respond with. >> most people learned your name two years a...

Are going to turn out to the polls, like you, are going to have been entirely forgettable experience. that is what you want. but under really extreme circumstances we have seen poll workers intimidated and harassed. this is most pronounced and places like central count facilities. where the ballots are being collected before they are tabulated. rather than at individual polling locations themselves. or at least that is a trend we are seeing. and so i want to be clear that while the things that w...

How rare and precious this country is. >> all the state legislative races, local races, they are critically, critically important. not a joke. theyre going to determine whether our democracy is sustained. >> if you care about election integrity volunteer as an election poll worker, poll challenger we need you. be sure to tune in next tuesday, cnn will have special election coverage. it all starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern. well bring you the results. its friday, usually people are happy but folks...

KTNV's Justin Hinton reached out to both candidates vying to become Nevada's next Secretary of State, Republican candidate Jim Marchant and Democratic candidate Cisco Aguilar.

Transgender people often have to vote with IDs that don’t represent who they are or not vote at all while they navigate the complicated process to update their IDs.

Of violence including directed at people involved with the machinery of these midterm elections. the poll workers, election workers, as well as public officials or politicians. it states that "domestic violent extremists across the ideological spectrum pose what they call a heightened threat to the midterm elections. some continue to amplify narratives to the perception of fraud in the general election and varied perceptions of divisive topics linked to the midterms lead to calls for justified v...

Kevin liptak, thank you so much. to georgia now. nadia romero is at a polling location out of atlanta. record turnout. we have seen some big crowds, too. what does it look like this morning? >> reporter: yeah, boris, its still a sleepy saturday for many people who are at home probably watching you on tv, getting ready for their day. we see those numbers usually pick up during the afternoon hours and then thats what you start to see the lines, and especially right before those polls close at 7:00...

So far. >> and in georgia, where there are several competitive statewide races this year, including that big rematch for governor, voters have turned out in record numbers with more than 1.3 million ballots already in. lets go to georgia now and cnn international correspondent nadia romero who is live for us outside of a polling center. its 8 in the morning, what does it look like out there? >> reporter: yeah, boris and amara, weve only been open one hour, polling stations are over 7:00 to 7:00,...