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Receiving the most states to election workers. following the election disputes of 2020, the fbi reports in georgia, it is a felony to interfere with their poll worker performing their duties. georgia secretary of states office has created a tense system for poll workers and other induction employees to report threats or safety concerns in realtime. what do you make of the efforts to curb these attacks to election workers? what can be done more in this regard? >> we have to remember that the reas...

A bulletin from the nypd warned of a complex domestic threat environment, but said there are currently no threats known. >> brynn gingras joins us. what do you know? >> reporter: this went out with the intelligence bureau. these get disseminated a lot of times, specifically for coming up to a big parade so to speak. its notable its coming out right before this midterm election, specifically because bolton says that were in a complex domestic threat environment, and it brings in real world exampl...

With older poll workers phasing out, many younger Ohioans have stepped up to fill the void, some saying they want the experience to debunk election fraud myths.

With older poll workers phasing out, many younger Ohioans have stepped up to fill the void, some saying they want the experience to debunk election fraud myths.

Donald trump and rudy giuliani were saying that they were passing a little usb port to each other when it was a mint. >> those two workers were here in fulton county georgia and when you talk about the threats, no more, more acute than here in georgia because there were so many conspiracy theories around the 2020 election. what we found is talking to county officials, former county officials, poll workers themselves, is that they work in one of two ways, one, there was a group of people that sai...

Increasing pressure, growing security and safety issues in states like georgia, after the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, causing many of the volunteers to quit. nbcs blayne alexander joins us from atlanta. what are you hearing from these workers about the pressure and the shortage of election workers? >> reporter: andrea, its fascinating conversations. the perspective we dont typically hear. election workers are somebody who didnt get a lot of attention. they flew under the radar. all of...

Screaming at her over voting machines and not being properly counted for a ballot and despite the headache, she is telling me she is not walking away. >> angie jones never thought she would become a poll worker. >> i voted, as most americans do. i had never been involved in the political process. >> the 2016 election changed all of that. >> after that election happened, that i needed to be part of the solution. >> her solution? training to become a poll manager in fulton county, georgia. people ...

Amid the midterm elections which are hot here in georgia as well as other parts of the country. theyre gonna go back to it by the end of the year. i expect that some sort of formal recommendation, in the coming months. >> hot is intact -- in this case. greg, as always thank you so much for being with us. call it voter intimidation by design in georgia. the states already seeing record high early voting turnout. nearly 600,000 ballots cast so far. but not without challenges. you might remember la...

CADDO PARISH, La.-As we approach the November election season in Louisiana, officials are weighing in on improvements made to this years election process.

SHREVEPORT, La. - As we approach the November election season in Louisiana, officials are weighing in on improvements made to this years election process.