Arizonans applying for poll worker positions in Cochise County during this fall’s election are being asked to answer some unusual questions, including ones regarding their motives. Cochise County Elections Director Lisa Marra added the questions this year to the poll workers’ application, some believe, in an effort to screen out those with concerns about election fraud, which Marra speaks derisively about frequently on Twitter.
Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward tweeted in May that she heard “Election Departments around Arizona are requiring illegal ‘ideological tests’ of poll workers & that they are actively discriminating against #AmericaFirst Republican applicants.”
One of the questions on the Cochise County form asks applicants, “What is your motivation for serving as a Poll Worker?” A full seven questions ask the applicants how comfortable they are with technology, which could be easily used to screen out the elderly, particularly ones who prefer paper ballots to voting machines.
There has been a significant increase in Republicans applying for these positions this year, with Republican officials calling for 5,000 Republicans to serve in these slots in Arizona. Historically, poll worker positions have been dominated by Democrats.
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