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(They/Them) Vasu Abhiraman

Kamala Harris praises 'nonpartisan poll worker,' which immediately backfires when people learn who he is

Vice President Harris took to social media to praise the efforts of poll workers amid the presidential primaries and just months ahead of the 2024 election, but her complimentary remarks quickly backfired.

"Our democracy could not function without nonpartisan poll workers like Vasu and Rob whom I met in Georgia. President Biden and I thank you and we support you," she said Tuesday on X, sharing a photo of her appearing to listen to Vasu Abhiraman.

Instead of applauding a "nonpartisan" poll worker, X’s Community Notes immediately tagged the tweet with additional context that readers "might want to know," including that Abhiraman is actually a liberal advocate who promotes the progressive movement.

"The ‘nonpartisan poll worker’ on the left is Vasu Abhiraman, a staffer at the left-wing Alliance for Justice and formerly of ACLU Georgia," reads a notice on Harris’ tweet.

Abhiraman’s biography on the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) website identifies him as "the Helen Rosenthal Senior Counsel for the Building the Bench program at Alliance for Justice."

"In this role, he serves as a dedicated advocate for diversity and inclusion in the federal and state judiciary, working collaboratively with a coalition of organizations to identify and recruit potential candidates for the bench," it continues.

He is also credited with training "thousands of poll workers and deputy registrars to safeguard the democratic process during the COVID-19 pandemic."

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