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Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now that they’ve won a major battle over mail ballots. Common Cause, a nonpartisan pro-democracy organization, announced a “voter protection” campaign Thursday that would place thousands of volunteers at polling sites in 25 states. Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom.
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An Influential Election
The role social media content creators can play on election administration
By M. Mindy Moretti
electionline.org
Over Labor Day Weekend, a group of social media content creators took to their platforms to encourage their followers to be poll workers.
While some of the posts were tongue-in-cheek and a play on another type of pole working, the thought behind the campaign was a serious one.
Every election cycle state and local officials struggle to fill poll worker slots. Just recently in Providence, Rhode Island 1 in 7 poll workers either called out or failed to show up for the September 9 primary meaning some polling locations opened late.
The 2022 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission reported that 54.1% of jurisdictions had a “difficult” or “very difficult” time recruiting poll workers.
“It can be difficult to get attention for civic action, so I wanted to lean into something that would “trick” the algorithm,” explained Alexandra Cascio, one of the creators behind the campaign.
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