In a podcast last year, the conservative election lawyer and former Trump legal advisor Cleta Mitchell recalled meeting with an activist group and drawing a bullseye to illustrate where they would be most effective: Sure, they could be volunteers criticizing the system from the outside, but the best place to be on Election Day, Mitchell said, was “inside and counting.”
Democrats should return the favor. That’s how you level the playing field. Trust and distrust cut both ways.
I swear, what happened to all the people who believe in our system of voting? Surely they are out there!
I get it. The threats and hassles tied to the last election are making the paid staff retire or quit, and the volunteers have every right to leave. But come on, people!
Some of these partisan zealots are nuts! Kudos to Shuham and TPM for keeping us apprised so we are not surprised.
DOJ has a job to do.
As we all.
"Mitchell herself has been plenty busy out on the trail, training right-wing activists across the country with a 20-page “Citizens Guide To Building An Election Integrity Infrastructure’.”
“Fox’s Guide To Building A Safe And Secure Hen House”
(“Includes Detailed Instructions For Rotisserie Tanning Beds”)
Right-Wing Activists Are Poised To Turn Election Jobs Into Propaganda
Well, why not? They’ve already turned election propaganda into jobs. Just look at the Fox News shows.
It includes advice such as, “Make the commitment that every decision made by the election office will be made in the presence of one or more representatives of the Election Integrity Task Force” — Mitchell’s term for the local volunteer units she wants to keep an eye on election officials across the country.
“One! Tubby Tubby. Ah heh heh. Two! Tubby Tubby.”
Hat tip Major Payne
“Make the commitment that every decision made by the election office will be made in the presence of one or more representatives of the
Election IntegrityElectile Dysfunction Task Force.”
FIFY!
Cancer.
As an election officer, I find this really alarming. The last thing we need inside the polling place is people who don’t give an eff about helping people vote and making sure all votes are counted accurately. We’re gonna need an army of dedicated pollworkers to counter these bozos who just want to poop in the polling stations and create chaos
???.. Septuagenarian. No, wait. Virgo! WAIT! CAPRICORN!111!!11!1
And pop in armed to the teeth. Open-carry and all that.
Democrats lack imagination, They need to purge forever the comforting idea that “they would never do THAT.” Yes, yes they would. Whatever horrific thing you imagine as a bridge too far, the right sees as just another step on the way to their thousand year rule. Just because it’s too terrifying for you to imagine, doesn’t mean the right shares that discomfort.
Meal Team 6? Semper Pie?
Last few years were the first times our training included extensive discussion of what to do if someone brings weapons into the polling site…
Do poll and election volunteers go through a vetting process?
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
“Seifried said the party was preparing to equip poll workers with a direct line to GOP attorneys, so that they could “live chat” on Election Day.”
Knowing the candor and discretion of Trump followers, how long till chats like “I set a bunch of ballots that were for Dem candidates aside. What do I do with them?” start to materialize?
