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US polling places struggle to find workers after surge in threats

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New York | Fears of violence have left some US election boards struggling to hire workers with less than three weeks to go before Americans vote in November’s presidential poll.

Election administrators in battleground states Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin are still recruiting temporary staff to set up polling equipment, sign in voters and report results, according to Power the Polls, a non-partisan poll worker recruitment group. Officials in Maryland, Ohio and Florida are also still hiring staff for election day.

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