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How Republicans have mobilised an army of poll watchers to ‘stop the steal’

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At least 175,000 volunteer poll workers and observers mobilised by Republicans to police the polls.

At her courses in North Carolina , a key swing state, she is training poll watchers’ to identify unsound ballots being cast.

Her register of suspicious voters would include illegal migrants, criminals, dead residents and people who are only pretending to live in Greensboro .

In practice, election officials say the checks and balances built into each state system make it near-impossible for non-citizens to register to vote.

The penalties for voter fraud range from fines to prison time.

In Arizona , Pima County’s Republican Party goes further than De’Liberto in its guidance for poll watchers.

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76

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78

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51

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informal

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English

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56

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short-lived

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