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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Concerns grow around voter intimidation and fraud

    Groups supporting Donald Trump -- including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white nationalists -- say they plan to send out poll watchers nationwide on election day. Much of the action will be in precincts with many black voters. The groups say these poll watchers will be there to prevent voter fraud.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 3, 2016 • 1 min read

    Groups supporting Donald Trump -- including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white nationalists -- say they plan to send out poll watchers nationwide on election day. Much of the action will be in precincts with many black voters. The groups say these poll watchers will be there to prevent voter fraud. But opponents argue that what they’re doing is voter intimidation.

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    Concerns around voter intimidation and Brexit
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    2. 8:37Dirty web tricks attempt to disenfranchise voters
    3. 17:24Will there be a Brexit … from Brexit?
    4. 27:13How electroconvulsive therapy is saving autistic kids
    5. 41:57A history of Native American protests
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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Concerns around voter intimidation and Brexit
    1. 0:31Concerns grow around voter intimidation and fraudYou’re reading this
    2. 8:37Dirty web tricks attempt to disenfranchise voters
    3. 17:24Will there be a Brexit … from Brexit?
    4. 27:13How electroconvulsive therapy is saving autistic kids
    5. 41:57A history of Native American protests
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