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A paradigmatic story because this is not the only poll worker thats been intimidated and harassed. in fact, as reuters documented, there have been many. a broad campaign of fear waged against poll workers. nearly 800 intimidating messages, more than 100 that warrant prosecution according to legal experts. and in this situation this is a woman whos plucked from an nmty by the internet and fed through the disinformation mill all the way up to the president of the united states and then has to bear...

Right? because this -- what we saw on that videotape very much appears to be a violation of georgia criminal law because there is a crime of, one, suborning perjury. frankly, poll workers being told a lie about voter fraud, that is in and of itself a crime. but also intimidating poll workers, harassing poll workers falls under the criminal code. one of the reasons why ahmaud arberys case finally saw some justice is because people organized and made noise about the fact that law enforcement was n...

Either, harrison ford. she is instructed to implicate herself in the imaginary, fabricated claims of voter fraud. and thanks to some truly excellent reporting from reuters, we have video of that meeting. because, remember, ruby freeman is holed up in her apartment, just a random poll worker, facing death threats. so she goes and meets kanye wests publicist at a police station where an officer with a body cam captured the meeting. now, fair warning, this is a little long, about three minutes. but...

The utterly surreal and menacing reuters story about a publicist who apparently worked for kanye west traveling to georgia to intimidate and threaten a poll worker in an attempt to keep donald trump in the white house reveals a frightening truth, just how close we came to a coup this year and how close we could come again next election. i want to bring in maya wiley and brandy zidrazi, a senior reporter. maya, its great to have you. i know that you have -- you practice in the civil division in t...

Life, okay? shes told that if she does not cooperate, if she does not make this big confession, she and members of her family will lose their freedom. thats the quote. shortstop told she is a loose end and that federal people are involved. she is then instructed to connect with an associate named, and im not making this up either, harrison ford. and she is instructed to implicate herself in the imaginary, fabricated claims of voter fraud. and thanks to some truly excellent reporting from reuters...

ALBANY- Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie, Chair of the Senate Elections Committee, today released a comprehensive report on improving New York's system of election administration and protecting the rights of voters.

Wants to drive up to a polling place and have a poll worker come out and hand them a ballot to fill out and then take it back and cast a vote, that they cant do that. ive had -- ive had seniors in wisconsin, that story that broke just the other day in wisconsin where theyre talking about arresting of even republican election officials if they somehow go in and help seniors vote. and what i dont understand, lets go back to 2006 when george w. bush signed the voting rights act extension for 25 yea...

>> well, what we saw in georgia after the election is we had poll workers -- in fact, we had some poll workers who were followed home in bartow county which went over 75% of president trump, followed home. thats the kind of intimidation that should never occur. a young poll worker was threatened along with his family members because he had a unique last name kind of like i do. that should never happen. we had election directors. if you have an election and your poll workers dont show up, what ar...

Facebook chooses the best thing for the company every single time. "the washington post" reports quote, ahead of the 2020 u.s. election, facebook built a voting information center that promoted factual information about how to register to vote or sign up to be a poll worker. whatsapp wanted to create one in spanish -- but facebook chairman and ceo, mark zuckerberg, raised objections saying it was not politically neutral or could make the company appear partisan, according to a person familiar wi...

Turn. just one week after the 2020 election, lieutenant governor dan patrick said he would pay a bounty to anyone who comes forward with proof of voter fraud. last week he put his money where his mouth is, paying $25,000 to a progressive poll worker who turned in a republican for voting twice. in nevada, republican voters story was all over the airways and was highlighted by the nevada republican party after he claims someone stole his deceased wifes ballot on last years election. that mystery h...