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Security issues that we were in november of 2020? >> while the 2020 election, i think the department of homeland security was the most secure election in our nations history. i think we were prepared to have a secure election in 2020, we did. i think well have another what is 2022. unfortunately, there are folks who have been inspired to the be poll workers, to the worker referencing, for the wrong reasons as well. their big lies filling people to do the right thing, its also fielding people who...

False claims about the 2020 presidential contest by former President Donald Trump and his supporters are spurring new interest in working the polls.

Lions build at the border. those eligible desperate for a way out. >> i am afraid to be mobilized. i dont want to participate in this war. i decided to escape. >> russian forces struggled after stunning advances by ukrainian fighters taking back huge swaths of territory and millions of dollars worth of russian equipment. this soldier says, we will prepare this tank and use it to cut down more russians. determined to tighten its grip on the areas it still controls, the kremlin held referendums on...

Bishop Leon Benjamin believes Americans can prevent or expose efforts to undermine election integrity. "Most election cheating and fraud are not possible without collusion from poll [...]

People who have embraced debunked conspiracy theories about the security of elections are eating up time and resources as election officials — a workforce predominately run by women — are finalizing the logistics for the midterms. This is a particular challenge in Georgia, a state that is in many ways the center of the country’s political universe.

Nevada law states that poll workers cannot be all of the same political party and the RNC argues that it has the right to inspect the "partisan breakdown and political affiliation" of the workers.

Iowa election officials say theyve had success recruiting poll workers to staff the Nov. 8 general election.

Election Day is less than two months away, yet there's a critical missing element that could slow down the voting process. It takes more than a million people working the polls to make American elections run smoothly. Between retirements and concerns about COVID, tens of thousands of poll workers have left the job over the past several election cycles. William Brangham reports.

Supporting voter paprticipation in the elections in philadelphia. but you have had to hire security for a time because of violent threats. so i just wonder what keeps you going? why you keep doing this? >> well, it is very simple. i mean, so many people sacrifice for our right to vote. and elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. and if we dont have great elections, then we dont have a democracy. and the shadows and the footsteps of octavius cotto, all of the people that came before me th...

Recruitment. we have to increase their pay because for years and decades the elections have been underfunded. so we were pleased to be able to raise the pay for the poll workers. but also, we have to build up spirits. as i recruit poll workers, they are afraid, i dont want to be on january 6, i dont want my life threatened. but far too often we remind them of the sacrifice that happened. just recently i was in selma, alabama, and as we are 57 years from the voting rights act, bloody sunday, all ...