Republicans who still haven’t accepted that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in 2020 are recruiting “a volunteer army” of poll watchers and poll workers for upcoming elections. For those who want transparent and fair elections, an influx of enthusiasm is theoretically a good thing. But if new poll workers and poll watchers have an agenda— chasing after fraud that didn’t happen—can they hurt more than they help?  Guest: <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexandraBerzon">Alexandra Berzon</a>, investigative reporter for the New York Times. Guest hosted by Mary C. Curtis, columnist at Roll Call and host of its Equal Time podcast.If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army

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