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Nearly all of the seven cities in Hampton Roads need poll workers for the upcoming general election.

Right? i mean, look, most of us, the poll workers that we know, that we have known, are fixtures in their communities. i dont know about you, nicole, but where i have gone to cast my ballot, when i was growing up, where i live now, these people have been in these precincts at least as long as the furniture and have definitely outlasted the people whose names are on the ballots that they oversee being cast safely and legally and securely year after year, election after election. but this is not w...

>> you know, in talking with terry hamilton, who was one of the two election workers who quit, that was something he was trying to put his finger on as well, as to why, you know, there was this concern about the election in this county, you know, given the results. i think its important to know, hamilton appeared to have some other issues. he signalled what he thought was a lack of support from the county. they needed more staffing. they needed more resources, he said, but threats were a driving...

Prime example of the stakes of misinformation for our democracy. and you know, you mentioned shaye moss and her mother. they were certainly in the very bright spotlight of those january 6th hearings, but terry hamilton is not going to be the last poll worker to walk away because of this, and gillespie county is not going to be the last county that is going to be scrambling, not only to train poll workers in how to do this job but also to learn about these onerous new laws that were not solving f...

Two poll workers said they encountered only minor problems in an otherwise busy day.

Poll workers, law enforcement and now a hospital -- the threat is real. plus, the senate is a toss-up. diminished hope for republicans taking control. and mitch mcconnell now blaming candidate quality. that is code four, blame it on donald trump. with the clock ticking toward the midterms. the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i stephanie am ruhle. new evolutions about the fbis search of mar-a-lago may soon see the light of day. several media organizatio...

Colorado’s election officials, like so many across the country, faced a surge of violent threats after the 2020 election. Federal authorities are prosecuting a man who pled guilty to threatening

From poll workers to capitol police officers to fbi agents, the modern day republican party has seemingly left no stone unturned in recent years when it comes to unleashing violent rhetoric against public servants. now, theres a new target of the partys attacks, irs employees. in recent weeks, a baseless conspiracy theory propagated by top gop leaders has spread to all levels of the republican party. its a lie. responding to the new funding for the irs and the recently passed inflation reduction...

Up to the poll workers this year, just because they want to make sure everybody in their community can vote. >> and what happens, if the very people who ran those good poll workers out of their jobs, what if those people and then fill them? >> what will we do see there has been some recruitment efforts in different areas, to get folks who have come in with that perspective. a lot of election administrators, its not very easy to become a poll worker. its a really difficult job. it requires making...

Plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >>. . . >>,. >>,,. .