No Time to Fail | movie | 2022 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic, local election admin | dG1fZDlVUXIxejRMTVk

Transcript

00:00So this is the most important piece of equipment in the polling place on election day.

00:06If it breaks at any point, this is your top priority.

00:10In 2020, election officials faced unprecedented challenges.

00:15We have to do what we can in the most important election of our lifetime to make sure that people can vote.

00:20And with this pandemic, the best way to do it is by mail.

00:23There are going to be machines that break down.

00:26There are going to be poll workers that don't show up.

00:29An unfiltered look at the inner workings of American democracy.

00:35Polls are open. It's official.

00:38Did you see that old lady that was over there? 81 years old. First time voting.

00:42I've never known a machine to be broken for this long in my 20 years of doing this work.

00:47We've got to figure out a way to make it work in the conditions that we're facing and still succeed in the end.

00:53Because we can't fail. Elections cannot fail. We can't fail the voters.

00:59No time to fail. On America Reframed.

01:03Watch on World Channel and in the PBS app.