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False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for midterms
Associated Press ^ | September 26, 2022 | Sudhin Thanawala

Posted on 09/27/2022 2:58:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Outraged by false allegations of fraud against a Georgia elections employee in 2020, Amanda Rouser made a vow as she listened to the woman testify before Congress in June about the racist threats and harassment she faced.

“I said that day to myself, ‘I’m going to go work in the polls, and I’m going to see what they’re going to do to me,’” Rouser, who like the targeted employee is (b)lack, recalled after stopping by a recruiting station for poll workers at Atlanta City Hall on a recent afternoon. “Try me, because I’m not scared of people.”

About 40 miles north a day later, claims of fraud also brought Carolyn Barnes to a recruiting event for prospective poll workers, but with a different motivation.

“I believe that we had a fraudulent election in 2020 because of the mail-in ballots, the advanced voting,” Barnes, 52, said after applying to work the polls for the first time in Forsyth County. “I truly believe that the more we flood the system with honest people who are trying to help out, it will straighten it out.”

Barnes, who declined to give her party affiliation, said she wants to use her position as a poll worker to share her observations about “the gaps” in election security and “where stuff could happen afterwards.” …

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: 2020election; 2022election; amandarouser; associatedpress; carolynbarnes; election2020; election2022; forsythcounty; georgia; sudhinthanawala

1 posted on 09/27/2022 2:58:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Saw the pic. Does she count as one or two dim-witted poll workers?


2 posted on 09/27/2022 3:00:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Olog-hai
Try me, because I’m not scared of people.”

Right. And you're about 6 foot one and 280 pounds. Am I that far off, sistah?

3 posted on 09/27/2022 3:01:55 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Olog-hai

Not to worry.

There will be a “broken pipe” and the workers who are not Democrat Party will be sent home.

The Democrat Party will then keep counting the votes.


4 posted on 09/27/2022 3:04:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

So the false claim here is the racist threat- as they usually are.


5 posted on 09/27/2022 3:07:14 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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