The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within

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Lisa Bosch, of Wright Township, assembles a ballot reading machine during a poll worker training. (Elaine Cromie for NPR)

If you really break it down, a national election in America consists of one basic interaction, repeated millions of times.

A voter checks in with an election worker. The election worker gives the voter a ballot. This is what allows voters to vote.

It is democracy at its most elemental level, and it’s important that it works.