Posted on Nov 3, 2022
Vet the Vote encourages veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers
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A group called Vet the Vote is encouraging veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers in an atmosphere made tense by heated rhetoric and even threats against poll workers.
A group called Vet the Vote is encouraging veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers in an atmosphere made tense by heated rhetoric and even threats against poll workers.
Vet the Vote encourages veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Two years after the 2020 presidential election — which saw thousands of longtime poll workers over 60 resign due to the risk of COVID-19 — many states are again reporting massive shortages of poll workers, this time due to the recent rise in threats against those who work elections because of false claims of voter fraud perpetrated by former president Donald Trump and his supporters.
The increase in threats has caused a third of election and poll workers to quit their positions, Kim Wyman, senior election security lead at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told CBS last month.
Yet, despite the increased threats against election workers, many people across the country say that the current climate has given poll station work newfound importance. BuzzFeed News spoke with some of this year’s poll volunteers about what motivated them to work the November elections despite all of the chaos."...
"Two years after the 2020 presidential election — which saw thousands of longtime poll workers over 60 resign due to the risk of COVID-19 — many states are again reporting massive shortages of poll workers, this time due to the recent rise in threats against those who work elections because of false claims of voter fraud perpetrated by former president Donald Trump and his supporters.
The increase in threats has caused a third of election and poll workers to quit their positions, Kim Wyman, senior election security lead at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told CBS last month.
Yet, despite the increased threats against election workers, many people across the country say that the current climate has given poll station work newfound importance. BuzzFeed News spoke with some of this year’s poll volunteers about what motivated them to work the November elections despite all of the chaos."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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