The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced plans to launch an “election integrity” program, intending to recruit 100,000 volunteers and attorneys who will work to preserve “the sanctity” of November’s election in a press release on Friday.
In addition to recruiting poll watchers and lawyers, the press release even mentions hiring poll workers.
“Having the right people to count the ballots is just as important as turning out voters on Election Day,” Trump said in the release.
The RNC intends to establish in every battleground state an “Election Integrity Hotline” within each State Republican War Room. These lawyers will be responsible for fielding “all incoming questions and issues” reported by poll watchers and voters. They will also guide poll watchers through “the appropriate election code and provide clarity on how issues should be answered, resolved, or escalated.” Training for volunteers and lawyers for voting site and tabulation center monitoring will occur every month. The GOP said it planned to work with “passionate grassroots coalitions who are deeply invested in fighting voter fraud.”
“The Democrat tricks from 2020 won’t work this time,” RNC chief counsel Charlie Spies said in the press release. “In 2024 we’re going to beat the Democrats at their own game and the RNC legal team will be working tirelessly to ensure that elections officials follow the rules in administering elections. We will aggressively take them to court if they don’t follow rules or try to change them at the last minute.’”
RNC lawyers have already been engaging in legal battles across the country, having engaged in 83 election integrity lawsuits in 25 states so far this election cycle.
News of the operation has garnered criticism from Democrat operatives, including Marc Elias, a leading Democratic election lawyer who called the move a massive “voter suppression operation.”
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However, others question the RNC’s ability to deliver on their promise to recruit 100,000 people. “They’re recruiting people to stand there and watch for something that’s not going to happen,” Justin Levitt, a former adviser in the Biden White House, told NBC News.
“Can you please show up and watch, wait for the UFO for 15 hours?” he said.
