hopefully, a billion dollars richer. simone picks things up from here. greetings. you are symone watching. in a midterm election where the stakes could not be hire. and with election deniers on the ballots in droves, and it is more important than ever to make sure your vote is counted. we will be on the to talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. we will talk with kari lake we will get into it. also, let me say it again because we can t say it enough. democracy is literally on the ballot. nbc news has details from a new report with disturbing findings about election deniers, running for state legislatures in key battleground states. and the impact on the 2024 presidential election if they win. plus, we are speaking to someone deep in the battle for democrats to hold on to control of the house. amelia sykes is running for congress in a newly drawn district in ohio. she has lots of support. but will that get her across the finish line? i am symone and
what about poll workers? and the voters themselves, frankly. you are their current secretary of state and i need to imagine that your office is taking a hard look at this, so what are you all going to do to make sure that voters are safe and poll workers are safe and you even have the resources to do this? we have been laying the groundwork and providing guidance and working closely with the counties and election officials in the counties. we know that this kind of activity was likely to happen. we have heard things about it. we worked with the county to make sure that they have a threat liaison officer assigned to them, that they can work on with these kinds of intimidating behaviors and activities with. and we have a rapid system of reporting and response and our office has referred at least ten complaints to investigative authorities at the department of justice and the attorney