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Healthier happens together. aetna. a cvs health company. this speaks disturbing reports of voter intimidation or emerging out of north carolina. that is where early voting ends today. according to a reuters report published yesterday, state officials have registered 14 cases of potential intimidation or interference with poll workers or voters. those attempts to discourage voters to come as the senate raisin with carolina has drawn unexpectedly close, the democrat and congressman ted budd are vy...

Post, 291 republicans are running for congress or statewide office this your question, or denied, or lied about the result of the 2020 election. many of them are likely to win their races this year. in addition to that, at election day nears, theres a specter of violence that we cant ignore. and at this years midterms, election officials and poll workers are bracing for tensions at the polls on election day, that errol agencies are on alert as well warning that, perception of election related fr...

The political report, he is also calling this a toss-up. joining me now is the aforementioned mandela barnes, current lieutenant governor and democratic senator facing off against senator ron johnson. mr. barnes, good to see you again, thank you for being with us. we appreciate your time is always. i am a little puzzled, as you can tell from the tone in my voice about this. i want to play a soundbite from your opponent telling nbc news about whether or not he would accept tuesdays results. >> do...

We will be there to ensure that it is enforced, and in fact, we have a network of folks from pastors, law enforcement, to local clerks, who are ready to respond and ensure if there are any attempts to intimidate voters, we first try to de-escalate, but we also will hold accountable those who run afoul of the law. i am not alone. secretary of state in georgia has also issued a texting program for poll workers where they can send a simple text if they feel that there is a problem in their polling ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.

Just searching a little bit here, because this week the associated press, they publish a story about poll workers in the state of michigan. they specifically, poll workers are created by right-wing groups and republican operatives. you are secretary of state, michigan secretary of state who is a democrat, said she had concerns about the motivations of poll workers. if their motivation was fueled through misinformation. and quote, people who had been fed lies. so, talk to us a little bit about th...

One of Utah's top officials was out pounding the pavement urging people to get out and vote ahead of the midterm election on Tuesday.

Are going to turn out to the polls, like you, are going to have been entirely forgettable experience. that is what you want. but under really extreme circumstances we have seen poll workers intimidated and harassed. this is most pronounced and places like central count facilities. where the ballots are being collected before they are tabulated. rather than at individual polling locations themselves. or at least that is a trend we are seeing. and so i want to be clear that while the things that w...

And to do it with transparency. why doesnt anybody say that? >> its as easy as that. you got nothing to hide, open up the books. >> tucker: yes. >> we were told glenn youngkin couldnt win it. this is a constitutional republic. if you got nothing to hide, there should be no problem with poll watchers, poll workers, people observing, and thats how our republic works. >> tucker: right. im fascinated by the presidents speech tonight in front of the slum that he created at union station in washington...

Translate to votes, just that it has training for people who want to be part of the system which is never supposed to be a spectator support in democracy that women are getting it, it seems to be translated across the board. you can argue thats part of the reason democracy is in peril. >> absolutely. furthermore, all sorts of poll workers and election workers. >> yes. >> are being threatened more than ever before. these folks are volunteers. they are also some of the backbone of democracy. we ne...