Meet the volunteers who will observe Trump’s election monitors during the midterms
Thousands of people are training to be poll observers to look out for any interference or ICE presence on election day Stevie Lyn is angry at what she’s seen in her Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhood over the past year. Since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began conducting raids all across the city, her Latino neighbors on the west side have had to hide in their homes, too scared to grocery shop, work and vote. That’s why she volunteered to become a poll observer.
“I had to take the anger, because it was eating me alive, and direct it towards a constructive activity,” she said.
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