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Its great to see you again, thank you so much for making time for us this evening. you have faced an avalanche of voter fraud conspiracy theories in michigan, after, and during the, 2020 election. what is your reaction to this new reporting, that republicans are starting earlier, this time, training teams of volunteers, and poll workers, looking before, and during the election voting process. how will that impact your line of work? >> think you for having me, and for covering this very important...

Then, to backup those party trained poll workers with a, quote, army of lawyer lawyers who, are party friendly, and district lawyers, ready to help their groups take their challenges to court. in a powerpoint, presented at these meetings by the rnc election integrity director, the volunteers are instructed on how to challenge a voter. particularly, a voter citizenship, their age, their residency, even their registration. a few days ago, that same rnc election integrity director submitted initial...

Our plan is to, similarly, complete, and escalate our work, to be prepared for anything on election, and rapidly respond, to address it to make sure that no eligible voter, no matter who they are, or who they vote for, is blocked for voting. >> can i zero in on this in a moment? the ability to challenge a voter from the challengers, and the challenges of the meetings are, the rnc, michigan election integrity director can help is, that it sounds like part of this plan is for poll workers, and the...

For how republicans should handle elections here. it seems the, republican national committee has a very similar idea. this year, at its multi million dollar investment, including hiring 18 state election integrity directors, and 19 state election integrity lawyers. the party, so far, has recorded more than 5000 poll watchers, and nearly 12,000 poll workers. it is handled audio, and documents, were meetings from republican party operatives involved in this rnc effort outlined their plan. the ide...

Said that the operation ate up tally-workers time with dozens of information requests as well as informal interrogations. everything they saw that they didnt understand was fraud in their mind. it was always accusatory. that county registrar resigned in march in large part because of how difficult these people had made this job. claire mitchell is now holding that up work again in fairfax county, virginia, as the national model for how republicans should handle elections this year, and it seems ...

Today, i think that it shows the extreme bias and that "politico" is distorting the facts. but how will this actually impact michigan come november? how could it potentially impact other states where this could be taking place as well. joining us now is jocelyn benson, democratic secretary of state for the great state of michigan, secretary benson, its great to see you again. thank you so much for making time for thus evening. you have faced an avalanche of voter fraud conspiracy theories in mic...

Transparency, and the opportunity for poll challengers to be appointed, by political parties, and which people can come, and observe the process. those individuals are empowered to talk to election workers, and, potentially, challenge the eligibility of citizens to vote. that is where our concerns are. weve talked to clerks, and they are getting a significant uptick in applications, in, and of itself. this is where there is nefarious intent involved. we have concerns, when, and if, individuals w...

Particularly, a voter citizenship, their age, their residency, even their registration. a few days ago, that same rnc election integrity director submitted initial list of more than 815 names republican poll workers to the detroit clerk. the chair of the rnc, disputing all of this, all of this reporting out of politico, today. saying, it shows extreme bias, and that politico is distorting the facts. but, how will this, actually, impact michigan this november? how will it impact other states wher...

And interfere with the process as well. we had ice on all of this, and our standpoint for michigan, our procedure will be, just as it was in 2020, to have a plan for rapid response, if, and when, there is any interference, escalation of intimidation, or threats against voters, or poll workers, on election day, or before. our plan is to, similarly, complete, and escalate our work, to be prepared for anything on election, and rapidly respond, to address it to make sure that no eligible voter, no m...

We have been working with clerks, and at meetings next week with clerks, on this issue to, essentially, protect the integrity of the process from any interference. also recognizing, our expectation is that anyone working as an election worker, poll worker, in any election, regardless of political affiliation, follows the law, and they will be removed if they dont. >> what makes this plan feel like an escalation from previous plans? to me, i guess, the supposed election integrity groups, and rnc,...