Republicans who believe false claims that the 2020 election was stolen helped persuade Carver County officials to use more partisan poll workers than in the past.
The Carver County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to use as many partisan poll workers as possible — as opposed to county workers— for the November general election. The board also voted to stop using absentee ballot boxes, using a mail slot inside a county building instead.
The moves are intended to combat fraud even though post-election audits show 100% accuracy in Carver County vote counting since 2006.
Minnesota Republicans, who haven’t won a statewide race since 2006, have been pushing to recruit more election judges in the hope that more GOP eyes on the polls will foil perceived election fraud. And some activists have been pushing for more partisan election judges — rather than city and county workers — on ballot boards, which decide whether or to accept or reject absentee ballots.
Election judges are not as official as they sound: They’re just poll workers.
Absentee ballot boards — traditionally staffed by government workers alongside election judges nominated by political parties — accept or reject absentee ballots. Most election judges are recruited by local election officials from among their city or county staff who self-certify their party affiliation.
But right-wing activists are distrustful of those city or county workers, and want more ballot board members to be partisans.
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