Poll Workers Train For Confrontations With Cultists

The Associated Press reports:

Election officials across the country are bracing for confrontational poll watchers fueled by lies about the legitimacy of the 2020 election spread by former President Donald Trump and others, even after Trump’s loss was upheld by repeated reviews, audits and recounts, and courts rejected legal challenges.

Election officials nationally are concerned about a flood of conspiracy theorists signing up to work as poll watchers, with some groups that have trafficked in lies about the 2020 election recruiting and training watchers.

Federal law enforcement will also be on standby. The FBI has stationed agents throughout the country to address allegations of election fraud and other election abuses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Poll workers train for conflict: ‘A little nervous? I am.’ (from @AP) ⁦⁦@c_thesavage⁩ with assist, including video pkg from ⁦⁦@antltoe⁩ https://t.co/G3NMou3yS6

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