False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for Georgia midterms – WABE
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False claims about the 2020 presidential contest by former President Donald Trump and his supporters are spurring new interest in working the polls.
Outraged by false allegations of fraud against a Georgia elections employee in 2020, Amanda Rouser made a vow as she listened to the woman testify before Congress in June about the racist threats and harassment she faced. “I said that day to myself, ‘I’m going to go work in the polls, and I’m going to…
False claims about the 2020 election by the former president are spurring new interest in working the polls in Georgia and elsewhere.
About 40 miles north a day later, claims of fraud also brought Carolyn Barnes to a recruiting event for prospective poll workers, but with a different motivation.