Longtime volunteers of both parties who greet voters at the polls get along fine (for the most part). They understand they are out on the same field playing the same ballgame in the same weather, just in different jerseys. Any election harassment comes from the “bleacher bums.”
In my experience, people of both major parties who work in election services believe in the democratic process and are dedicated to getting it right and playing fair. Al Schmidt sounds typical.
Donald Trump is not one of those people. “60 Minutes” reminds us:
The 2020 presidential election had a record-setting turnout with more than 145 million ballots cast. While President-elect Joe Biden collected more of those votes, and news organizations have projected him as the winner, President Trump has refused to concede. He has called for recounts and filed lawsuits questioning the validity of many of those ballots, mostly, the ones cast by mail all over the country.
Al Schmidt’s team is still counting votes in the birthplace of the republic this morning.