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Southern California's largest Asian American advocacy group is training its poll monitors to keep an eye out for racist rhetoric and bullying.The move by Asian Americans Advancing Justice-SoCal was informed by harassment faced by Asian American voters during the 2020 presidential election during the pandemic and more recently by incidents in Orange County.
"Anti-Asian rhetoric and red-baiting language against Asian American candidates can have damaging effects," said Connie Chung Joe, CEO of AAAJ-SoCal."Historically, we’ve seen this happen to Asian candidates, and what ugliness and anti-Asian hate happens."Joe worried about a repeat of the 2020 presidential election, which coincided with the pandemic and a surge in anti-Asian attacks.
You don't have to be bilingual but knowing another language will come in handy when conducting exit interviews with voters on how the voting process went — another new ask of volunteers this year.
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