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Legal for a poll worker in michigan to be in direct contact with the party hotline if they see a problem? im curious about the protocol we. >> its exactly. right there is the distinction. the poll worker works for the local clerk. if there is an issue, that arises in anyway, they contact the local clerk and work it out with them. but local clerks run our elections and they answer to the and pull workers answer to them. if some of the poll watcher, they can of serve the process. they cannot talk ...

Election integrity director. the man the party supposedly put in place to make sure elections are free and fair. was caught on tapes obtained by politico talking about a plan to install republican loyalists at poll workers. in order to aggressively defeat ballots and counts from the inside. politico reports that matthew seyfried said quote, being a poll worker, you just have so much more rights and things you can do to stop something that as a poll challenger. unquote. let me be clear. the job o...

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We have been working with clerks, and at meetings next week with clerks, on this issue to, essentially, protect the integrity of the process from any interference. also recognizing, our expectation is that anyone working as an election worker, poll worker, in any election, regardless of political affiliation, follows the law, and they will be removed if they dont. >> what makes this plan feel like an escalation from previous plans? to me, i guess, the supposed election integrity groups, and rnc,...

New reporting, that republicans are starting earlier, this time, training teams of volunteers, and poll workers, looking before, and during the election voting process. how will that impact your line of work? >> think you for having me, and for covering this very important story. to be clear, it is important. it is not a bad thing, in and of itself, to be recruiting election workers, and poll workers. we know many organizations do it. what is problematic here, as these individuals are being fed ...

Workers hold that poll watchers wouldnt? whats the distinction between those two a poll worker and a poll watcher? >> its an opinion important distinction. poll workers are deployed by the election authorities locally, they are select and appointed and answer to their employers, their local clerks and in that regard, they must follow the procedures, theyre responsible for checking in voters, checking their identification, giving them a ballot, making sure essentially that things run smooth limit...

Train poll workers, train them, first of all, let alone train them to contest votes. now, its important also to say here that the processes that are laid out here for contesting a vote -- >> and lets pull that up because we have a full screen of a graphic that they were using in the training of how to contest a vote. tell us about this. >> okay. so the -- i think this is the other -- there you go. so these are not abnormal. as a matter of fact, theyre completely legal. the thing thats different ...

Sara Coban, of Versailles, Pa., has worked every election since 1954. "I think it's high time that I hang it up," she said with a laugh.

Liz cheney who is not giving up her role in congress and fighting to remain on the front lines, its honoring those who stood on the front lines, a poll worker in georgia, and have not wavered despite threats, violent threats, hateful rhetoric and targeted violence because we believe in the foundation of democracy and we believe in a country where voters choose who governs us. >> did you ever think when you embarked on a career in public service that protecting democracy would be so actual, so ta...

Be held accountable, through their actions, through their laws. but what else can we do to support election workers who are now, you know, getting docs, getting their names put online, getting harassed, getting threats, being accused of being traitors, if they are doing something that the other side does not deem acceptable? >> look, as i mentioned, in the first part of this segment, election officials are the guardians of democracy. i remember growing up, my two grandmothers where poll workers,...