historically, you know, and the law actually says whoever the party nominates, the county clerk who runs the election has to hire those party nominees. >> oh, wow. >> now, historically this really hasn't been an issue because the parties kind of didn't bother. you know, they were more interested in, well, we're going to use our people on election day, you know, getting out the vote and that kind of thing. but now -- >> right. >> -- several county parties have seen this and they said, you know what? we are going to stack these rolls with really hard-line republicans and we're going to make sure that they are in those polling places on the lookout for fraud. >> yikes. >> yeah. you go to vote and you have the qanon shaman welcoming you in. it could be a bad scene. isaac arnsdorf, really good reporting. thank you for laying it out so clearly. i appreciate it. >> thank you. still ahead, the escalating fight in texas over the way students can learn about race and slavery in the classroom, that's next. , that's next.