Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the controversy surrounding proposed new rules for N.C. election observers and poll workers. Kokai offered these comments during the Sept. 2, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai analyzes dispute over N.C. election observers
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