You want elections to be safe and fair?
Here’s the BEST way to protect them:
Focus on the humanity of poll workers.
These are not politicians, they aren’t even civil servants. They are normal everyday people who either need another source of income or care about Democracy and most of the time, both.
These are your neighbors. You see them at the grocery store and taking your kids to school.
Republicans cannot demonize them when they are people. So they make them into the boogie monster. Doxxing them to make it unsafe for them to do their jobs. And convince people they are evil and trying to make elections less fair.
This doesn’t make anyone want to become a poll worker, and we can’t have safe and fair elections without poll them.
The Republicans in power know this.
That’s the goal. The Republicans would never cancel elections, but they want to make sure the outcome is predetermined and putting doubt in poll workers is the best way to do that.
The idea is to convince people that they are “career politicians.” That their goal is to make elections less fair and let undocumented Americans vote. Which is literally the opposite of their job.
Republicans are even subpoenaing them in Fulton County over the 2020 election THIS MONTH. Republicans know this is ridiculous, but remember, the goal is to make poll workers out to be the boogie monster. To scapegoat them.
This will result in making less people, especially less people on the left, even want to be a poll worker in the first place. I mean, if you’re doing it for the small paycheck, the possible harassment makes it a far less valuable source of income.
So the more Republicans remove their humanity. The more we need to focus on it and highlight it.
There’s Election Hero Day on October 20th that we can all make into a big deal. It’s about highlighting the work of poll workers, election office staff, county and municipal election clerks and directors and state and territory election officials. These are the heroes of the revolution.
And if you’re able, consider becoming a poll worker yourself. The more poll workers we have, especially who actually care about Democracy, the better off we are. And the harder it is to single them out as being inherently evil.
But, if you want to be a poll worker for the Midterms, time is running out. Poll workers go through trainings, and in some states those are already over for November. But check to see about your state. And, as you know, many states have elections throughout the year, so if you sign up now, you might be able to cover a special election, where they are absolutely also needed.
So, bottom line, if you’re scared about elections being less fair and less free, this is the best way to combat that. And seriously, if you can, consider becoming a poll worker. The more we have, the better.
It’s a great way to use your voice and make sure everyone can use our superpower, which, is of course, our vote.
