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This is her being arrested in 2016 while she was working as an independent poll watcher in her hometown in russia. she says pro-putin authorities accused her of vague elections violations and held her in detention until voting ended. but the invasion was the final straw. alisa could no longer live in russia. now in georgia, she wants everyone to know what side she's on. >> i'm just trying to take it in stride. signal as much as i can. >> with the ukraine flag. >> reporter: a public show of support matched across tbilisi. ukraine flags fly all over in georgia, a former soviet republic also inva...

Wisconsin. because sure why wouldn't they try that? there's been no negative consequences for them with everything they've tried thus far. now there's more news along those lines from the great state of texas. this is a story broken this week by the "metro" columnist at the "austin american-statesman," bridgett grumet. she said, quote, i am worried for our democracy. so is travis county clerk dana debeauvoir, the county's tough as nails elections chief for the past 35 years, now speaking publicly about a serious threat she faced this year, an effort by texas republican attorney general ken pax...

Election. she says quote, i don't take kindly to being threatened and feeling like i can't speak back. to be clear, attorney general paxton did not succeed in his efforts, but earlier this year he tried to indict double far on the charge of unlawfully obstructing a poll watcher, a class a misdemeanor that could bring up to a year in jail. it was a petty and trumped up charge and it did not fly, not even in the venue of williamson county, known for its conservative leaning. a grand jury their return to no bill in april, they refused to hand down the indictment that the attorney general asked fo...

8 for their comments about vote counting. mike detmer, running for state senate was asked at a campaign event over the weekend what republican poll watcher would do if they're not allowed to observe the process. this is what they said. >> yes, i do. but the american people at some time; if you can't change the tide, which i think we can, we need to be prepared. you ask what we can do. show up armed. >> lock and load, show up armed. again, ask what they can do if this happens in detroit, officials limit the number of participants, he said, quote, to show up armed. ryan kelly running for govern...

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