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The ABA is mobilizing lawyers to serve as poll workers in the upcoming 2022 elections.

Prime example of the stakes of misinformation for our democracy. and you know, you mentioned shaye moss and her mother. they were certainly in the very bright spotlight of those january 6th hearings, but terry hamilton is not going to be the last poll worker to walk away because of this, and gillespie county is not going to be the last county that is going to be scrambling, not only to train poll workers in how to do this job but also to learn about these onerous new laws that were not solving f...

Up to the poll workers this year, just because they want to make sure everybody in their community can vote. >> and what happens, if the very people who ran those good poll workers out of their jobs, what if those people and then fill them? >> what will we do see there has been some recruitment efforts in different areas, to get folks who have come in with that perspective. a lot of election administrators, its not very easy to become a poll worker. its a really difficult job. it requires making...

There is nothing new under the sun. we have seen this before. when average everyday citizens who are trying to participate in democracy have their lives threatened, what impact does this have on democracy? this is from your perspective as someone who worked in law enforcement. >> thank you very much, tiffany. it was very difficult for me to watch. my mother was a poll worker. my parents made me understand how important it was to vote and how to half it was for us to have the right to vote. inter...

Overturn the 2020 election, even though thats not even in the job description most of the time. and weve seen the violence thats been cropping up all around in terms of intimidation and polling places, electoral workers. were gonna see this when we go to the hearings tomorrow. >> the fact that we have a poll worker testifying tomorrow shows how far down this went. and we should remind our audience, brad raffensperger, the secretary of state, who refused to help trump in finding those 11,000 vote...

And yet, feel really beaten down by the lies that the former president and his supporters have spread, falsely, maliciously, with no evidence of their wrongdoing and at the same time, we have seen, while weve seen many leave, seen many more step up. and thats what i really hope many americans watching the hearings do in response, recognize this is about the truth, unveiling the truth and seeking accountability but also about protecting our democracy in the future against future attacks and thats...

Your thoughts? >> yeah, i mean, joy, i think what you have just done such a great job of recapping what we focused on also in our story thats up right now on 19thnews.org is the human toll of the big live. you have two veteran election workers who once considered their service a badge of honor, and then they found themselves being tainted as corrupt, being painted as incompetent to their fellow americans. they didnt sign up for this. you know, mentioned that i was born and raised in fulton count...

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Color elie. the thing that people at home can do to help get ahead of this. i am at a loss of what that might even look like. >> there are two things, number one, volunteer to be a poll worker and polo walker if you have the capability. if youre watching this at home. this is a legit action item that you can personally do. i have signed up to poll watch, to peel the hotline that republicans talk about, to walk people through their rights and make sure that those are protected. i have friends who...

Political parties and others recruit election workers and make sure theyre ready to go and are fully staffed for election day. whats the learning here, is that these individuals are being rude uprooted and then fed lies and misinformation about our elections. in some ways, prepare to interfere, intervene with the election process, or even intimidate voters, which is far beyond whats appropriate for someone working at election. the bottom line for us is that our local clerks ultimately choose who...