in maryland. he is campaigning for democtic canada -- campaigning for democratic candidate for marilyn. coming up at 8:00 p. eastern, former president trump campans in ohio for republican candidate . including u.s. senate candidate vance. both of those events live on c-span. also on c-span now, our live video app and online at c-span.org. >> on election night keep up-to-date with c-span's coverage of the election results with c-span.org to find election results from each stat watch victory and concession speeches as they happen or on-demand and keep track of the balance of power in congress and download our free c-span app. >> there are a lot of places to get political information. but only at c-span do you get it

straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where you stand on the issues, c-span is america's network. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. if it happens here, or here, or here or anywhere that matters, america is watching on c-span. powered by cable. host: rachel ari is with us his money. she is the direct there -- the bipartisan center. she talks about poll workers and election security. i'm going to read the title of the pole. why this title? guest: it is so easy for us to

start to feel doubtful when we have reports being made that poll workers and election officials are somehow being infiltrated. we want to show all of the protection in place that we have protecting our system against what is being called insider threats. what we want to bring to light is to still trust the voting process. host: what are some of the protections in place people need to know about? guest: 32 states and washington dc require training at the state level for all poll workers. they don't have tradition -- they don't have traditional polling sites. others on conduct. making sure election workers know what is and is not allowed to be done. and in accordance without -- and

in accordance with that, policy and regulation. a part of those requirements, the vast majority of states require the balance in their political poll worker to the political poll worker process. host: 32 states and d.c. require a election workers training. 32 states and d.c. require temporary workers to take oath of office. 47 states -- one hiring election workers. let's start with the last one. they strive for partisan parity, why? what are these election workers doing, what do they get to say and what do they get to do? guest: we discussed in terms of poll workers.

temporary election workers, when you show up at a polling place on election day, helping you cast your ballot. temporary election workers work throughout the election process. they assist with registration, they sometimes a sense -- they sometimes assist with counting votes. every election we need about 150 thousand temporary election workers to support election operations. this is a huge endeavor. adding in helps make sure both parties feel they have a voice. as americans kind of segregate themselves into political geographies, it is increasingly difficult for election to achieve bipartisan and that poll workers. that has become easier since the 2020 election. we have seen a little more

involvement from local republican parties and helping election offices recruit temporary election workers. sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. on the other hand it creates an opening for sponsor trainings for temporary election workers outside of state or local official training that sometimes gets different information. directing them to otherwise for existing law for that state. host: our viewers, we invite them to join in on this conversation. if you have volunteered to work this election cycle, what are your state laws like? questions about election workers, poll workers, dial in. (202) 748-8000, democrats.

(202) 748-8001, republicans. (202) 748-8002, independents. or text, (202) 748-8003. guest: we see organizations like true the vote. organizations that are outwardly and vigorously lies about the 2020 election. we have been trying to recruit and train temporary election workers. we have seen some in very isolated cases saying they are going to hand count all the ballots cast. because of the bipartisan -- in

the michigan primary one poll worker was charged with tampering with a collection of equipment. he inserted a personal flash drive into the election --. it is that ongoing risk that people who are interacting with voters or voter equipment, not leaving the results of the election, that is a concern this might attempt to undermine election results. we have not seen other than that in michigan any widespread indication this is happening. 750 thousand temporary election workers are responsible and they are committed to american democracy. host: they receive training. what kind of training do they get, how much does it last? guest: it depends on the state

and the locality. they learn about everything from how polling places work, where equipment needs to be put. they look at the technical background. he is the member of our task force on election. we have been seeing local elections from around the country. he has been discussing some of these insider risk in his training and helping poll workers know what they need to do to support democracy and identify any risk of insider threat. another concern, resources are at the heart of the administration problems we have. many states are not paying for

training. if they have to pay temporary election workers to attend training and they want to do a long training, they might have to pay more and they might not have the resources to do that. there are structural discrepancies that we can address in the longer term. host: what about early voting and mail in absentee votes? are there election workers that deal with the opening of those ballots or the counting of those ballots? guest: yes. there are election workers who identify the mail in voter. states have vigorous training for the individual. it is done by a bipartisan group of individuals verifying that signature. when it comes to interacting with the ballots, halyard

standards for training and temporary election workers. whether it is in person, or whether it is more by mail, the election style would be more like male voting. host: dismissal policies and many of these states, if they were to violate that old -- that oath as a poll worker, dismissal could happen. what is their punishment? guest: in the michigan primary when someone tampered with voting equipment, they are charged with a penalty for committing an act against the government. in other cases, when it is something smaller scale, it is the most important part. if someone is doing something interfering with conduct of the

election, the most important is that they are removed from that role. when the roles are not clear, that creates opportunity for conflict. someone is asked to leave and they say, you don't have jurisdiction that. host: talking about the latest report by the bipartisan policy center on poll workers and election security. let's hear from ida in new york city.

democratic caller. you are up first. caller: i am a democratic caller. i believe, i am 96 years old. there are a few years -- i will help in anyway way i can. my childhood and all of my mother's adulthood we were involved in the vote. there is no way that you can train people to really care about something. we all are influenced by how we think and how we feel. if we feel we are the top people and we can do it, there are some people who are going to try to

sway the vote the way they think. i happen to be a democrat. i don't think i have ever been swayed by anybody to do anything opposite. -- to do anything opposite to what is right. right is right. most rekabi -- most republicans are the same way. right is right. they are not going to get somebody else's vote away. host: she was talking about she used to do poll working. she was there to do the right thing. she felt republicans were there to do the right thing. they have to take an oath. why does this matter? guest: when you commit to serving your community and you take an oath to commit to uphold the constitution or uphold our election, the caller

is right, republicans and democrats are really committed in many ways to supporting our democracy. we just did polling with -- and we found the vast majority, something like 70% of voters nationally and 60% of republicans feel their vote will be candid -- vote will be counted accurately. we see there is more that meets the eyes to a lot of these issues. in many ways, conspiracy and misinformation machine. host: what about what is happening in arizona by those who are going to the ballot box and they are poll or ballot box watchers? any intimidation factors there?

guest: intimidation should never be tolerated. it is clearly tracked. drop boxes are actually more secure than usps post boxes. it has to go through a lot of steps before it makes it back to the election office. when you put it in the dropbox, you're putting it directly in the hands of that election office. return methods are should be trusted. we are seeing this information turn into concrete. election offices are preparing aggressively for this.

it comes down to a longer-term cultivation of the democratic process. host:caller: i do not know if te word retired is appropriate. i no longer have the heart or desire to do it. i am looking for the federal government in a nonpartisan way. [indiscernible] >> we will take you live to the u.s., where the house is holding what is expected to be a brief session. no votes are expected today.