With poll workers across the country resigning at an alarming rate, efforts to recruit their replacements have grown increasingly partisan—a troubling trend that experts fear will serve to undermine Americans' faith in the vote.
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While political parties have long engaged in recruitment efforts, experts say these latest overtures mark a"notable" escalation in the way partisans solicit interest in these critical roles. MORE: Threats, pressures faced by poll workers pose 'existential threat to our democracy,' experts warn "There is very much a coordinated effort underway to use criminalization of election officials' jobs, intimidation and violence to drive officials from their jobs and to replace them with partisan activists," said Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"Join the front lines of election security by being a poll worker! As @JoeBiden just stated, it matters who counts the votes. #LeadRight,"Poll workers assist voters in in Burbank, Calif., Sept. 14, 2021.
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