Paul Pate: “This job is about being nonpartisan and wearing a referee jersey.”

Iowans really lean into being able to vote in the mail,” Pate said. “We have a very high percentage of that. We’ve done it right in the state.

They are simply observers, dressed in plain clothes, and are not permitted to interfere with the voting process in any way.

They are there strictly as a monitor.

This is what can cause disenfranchising of voters.