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Training sessions in battleground states led by activists who claim the 2020 election was stolen aim to influence conduct of elections

. Even though those claims, based on misunderstandings of election rules, were debunked, many of them continue to live prominently among those who believe the election was stolen.

The guide also says to monitor voter registration drives and non-profits involved in election work with the goal of finding out “who are they really?”, a group working to implement many of the guide’s recommendations in each county. The group has been having regular weekly strategy calls. Jim Womack, now chair of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team and his wife, Sherry, pray on the legislative grounds in Raleigh in May 2020.The Guardian obtained a recording of a panel on poll worker and observer training in which panelists acted out different scenarios that might arise at the precinct on polling day.

I’m very familiar with the groups that are staging this. It’s just that, honestly, after 2020, these groups have a charged-up baseGary Sims, the elections director in North Carolina’s Wake county, home of Raleigh, said his office had not yet seen a surge in people signing up to work the polls. He noted that state law outlines clear rules that people who work the polls must follow on election day and the consequences of breaking them.

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