Polling Places Prepare for Massive Voter Turnout, Possible Conflicts

KUAR | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Jacqueline Froelich

Published November 2, 2016 at 5:11 PM CDT

Jennifer Price, election coordinator for Washington County, leading a training session in Fayetteville.

Hear the report by KUAF reporter Jacqueline Froelich in Fayetteville.

Election officials across Arkansas are completing last-minute training for poll workers in preparation for next week's general election. And this election cycle presents possible challenges, including potential vigilante poll watchers concerned about a "rigged election."

Jacqueline Froelich with Fayetteville station KUAF sat in on a poll worker training seminar there and talked with a local county election coordinator about the rules of "poll watching" and polling place security.

Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an award-winning senior news reporter for KUAF-91.3 FM in Fayetteville where she is a long-time station-based correspondent for NPR in Washington D.C. She covers energy, business, education, politics, the environment, and culture. Her work is broadcast locally on KUAF’s daily news magazine, “Ozarks At Large,” and statewide on Arkansas’s three public radio affiliates.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington DC., and recipient of eight national and state broadcast awards.