Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Maricopa County, Arizona, have adopted policies addressing employee prediction market activity. Officials say the rules are meant to prevent financial conflicts, protect workers from allegations and reassure voters, not respond to evidence that election workers have used the markets. CNBC's Ananya Chetia reports on how prediction markets are prompting new safeguards and raising questions about nonpublic information and voter trust.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Potential conflicts
4:03 Prediction markets
7:18 Influencing elections?
Produced by: Charlotte Morabito
Reporter: Ananya Chetia
Edited by: Andrea Miller, Darren Geeter
Animation: Jason Reginato, Emily Park
Senior Managing Producer: Shawn Baldwin
Additional Footage: Getty Images
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