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Poll workers have been front and center during the 2022 Midterm Elections. As skepticism in the voting process has increased and threats have been made against election workers across the country, there's a huge weight on the shoulders of poll workers.

 

Pennsylvania offers a window into why doubters and deniers of the 2020 presidential election want to serve as poll workers and watchers.

Maricopa County officials say they have identified the vote tabulator problem reported at 20 percent of voting sites.

At that large number, one were waiting for, so well see how that goes tonight. there obviously have been so many concerns out there, gabe, about threat, harassment that election workers across the country could face this year. now were here on election day and obviously we just talked about that one particular incident in fulton county where the poll workers were removed. what are you hearing from poll workers today. have there been any incidents in georgia? >> so far, so good. i want to find wo...

Lets talk to gabe sterling for georgias secretary of state office. so, gabe, i just want to start off with something we understand happened today. were just kind of getting confirmation and hoping you can help us figure it out. weve learned that a mother and son were removed as poll workers in fulton county just minutes before the polls opened at a specific poll site. they were remove the because of a social media post. "the washington post" is reporting that two poll workers were removed specif...

We turn to election security on high alert. officials are monitoring multiple potential threats from foreign interference to the safety of poll workers and election officials. abcs maryalice parks joins us from capitol hill. we know that federal and state law enforcement officers are really paying attention to this. and it sounds like several incidents are already being investigated. >> yeah, linsey. federal law enforcement agencies are tracking a range of issues. a federal analysis obtained by ...

Lawsuits being filed in federal courts under certain circumstances. but primarily were holding, you know, 50 different state elections, not really one national election. thats how it plays out. its important for people to understand that they should not expect to see the justice department stepping into these sorts of situations. dojs marching orders are to lay low. how the manual typically reads is that doj does not pick winners in elections. largely it will involve priority parties, civil righ...

Poll workers. its like they have a menu of conspiracies. elon definitely did it. elon musk took over twitter just days before the election and now democracy is definitely at risk. they dont hide the fact that they hate freedom of speech. they just say it out loud. not just on twitter like dick durbin did. but when you vote, you speak. and the democrats are really worried about what you have to say. here is biden preparing us for election chaos. >> more and more ballots cast in elections is by ma...

Poll workers. its like they have a menu of conspiracies. elon definitely did it. elon musk took over twitter just days before the election and now democracy is definitely at risk. they dont hide the fact that they hate freedom of speech. they just say it out loud. not just on twitter like dick durbin did. but when you vote, you speak. and the democrats are really worried about what you have to say. here is biden preparing us for election chaos. >> more and more ballots cast in elections is by ma...