NEW YORK - Claudia Re headed to the polls again this weekend.

“Voting is the most important thing we do in a democracy,” she said.

Re already voted and wants to protect every other vote she can.

“I’m looking out for any signs of intimidation,” said the volunteer with Common Cause’s Election Protection Program.

She checks-in by phone about the conditions she finds.

"If there’s a serious problem they will send somebody out," she said.

Her priorities at the 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue polling location in Ridgewood, Queens are to make sure it’s orderly and that people with disabilities are accommodated. She reports long lines as well.

“It took us half a day to get it, you know, the flow," Board of Elections location Coordinator Michael Gorton told Re. "And once we did that we probably knocked the line down from two hours to forty minutes.”

“I’ve found nothing but wonderful things going on in this particular polling site,” Re said.

Over on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, several politicians are talking with voters outside the West Side High School polling location. There's also a Biden/Harris table set up. This electioneering though is at least 100 feet from the polling location entrance, as required by law.

"If voters seem to feel bothered by it then we’ll try to report it and escalate it,” said poll watcher Laura Fisher.

Fisher is also a Common Cause volunteer. At 37, it’s her first time volunteering in politics, motivated by rhetoric this year surrounding voter access.

“One of the things I like about Election Protection is that it is non-partisan," she said. "So, no matter who you are, you need to be able to exercise you’re vote.”

“Election protection is the largest non-partisan voter assistance program across the country,” said Susan Lerner, the Executive Director of Common Cause New York.

Lerner says she now has more than 800 New York City volunteers, double the number in 2016. This year, she's sending out roving poll watchers who travel between locations and volunteers also monitor social media.

“The vast majority of people are actually younger and middle aged and fewer of our older volunteers because of the pandemic,” she said.

"The Nixon-McGovern time, that was the first time I got involved," said Re.

At 70, the long time political activist says this is her first time volunteering as a non-partisan poll watcher. The retired school teacher says she’s following CDC social distancing guidelines and not concerned she’s putting her safety on the line for a cause in which she believes.

“This is your right," she said. "This is your voice. This is the thing that gives you a way of helping determine who is going to lead our country in a healthy direction."