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America ReFramed

No Time to Fail | Preview

Local election officials work around the clock to secure the vote and uphold US democracy.

Aired 10/26/2023 | Rating TV-PG

America ReFramed

No Time to Fail | Preview

Preview: Season 11 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Local election officials work around the clock to secure the vote and uphold US democracy.

Rhode Island's local election administrators and poll workers work around the clock to secure the vote for their community during the 2020 election -- midst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic. Once invisible to the general public, NO TIME TO FAIL spotlights election administrators as the ground zero of American democracy.

Aired 10/26/2023 | Rating TV-PG

Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

No Time to Fail | A Passion for Voting

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Voters chose to vote by mail and in-person in the middle of the pandemic in 2020. (1m 22s)

No Time to Fail | Day in the Life of an Election Official

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An election official opens the door to her life during the 2020 presidential election. (1m 19s)

No Time to Fail | Disinformation

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RI election officials must combat disinformation during the 2020 presidential election. (1m 24s)

No Time to Fail | Distrust: Voting by Mail vs. In-Person

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Providence election official Kathy Placencia checks on voters waiting to vote in-person. (55s)

No Time to Fail | Mail-In Ballot Hate

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Rhode Island election official Rob Rock reads through the hate mail over mail-in voting. (1m 6s)

No Time to Fail | Preventing Voter Fraud

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Election officials reassure that elections are legitimate and fair by preventing fraud. (42s)

No Time to Fail | Trailer

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Local election officials work around the clock to secure the vote and uphold US democracy. (1m 7s)

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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

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