Ballot counting to get close scrutiny by partisan 'eyes and ears.'
A poll watcher observes through a pair of binoculars as votes are counted at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Election Day in Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 2020.
Jeff Fuller, a retired Army special forces officer and self-described “2020 election denier,” trains GOP poll watchers in Prince William County, Virginia.In recent elections, a small but growing number of poll watchers have been accused of disruptive behavior and intimidation tactics leading some state election officials to fear this year could be worse.
Thirty-three percent of registered voters -- including 66 percent of Trump's supporters -- endorse Trump's false claims that President Joe Biden did not legitimately win in 2020, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Many veteran nonpartisan state election officials have said they fear an escalation of poll watcher tactics and have strategized on how to resolve confrontations which may arise.
Tina Barton, a Republican former election official from Michigan, received death threats after the state's 2020 vote count did not favor Trump. She now travels the country to coach other officials on how to prepare."It impacts you forever," Barton told ABC News in an interview. "You change the way you do things, how you talk about things, what you share on social media, how you arm your house, and arm yourself.
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