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Former President Donald Trump's run and nan Republican National Committee opportunity they'll section a monolithic squad of 100,000 lawyers and volunteers successful nan cardinal battleground states to show and perchance situation nan counting of votes successful November's election.
In a connection released Friday morning, nan Trump run and nan RNC touted nan motorboat of what they called "the astir extensive and monumental predetermination integrity programme successful nan nation's history."
The programme is expected to beryllium a important portion of what nan RNC calls its "commitment to ensuring transparency and fairness successful nan 2024 elections."
"Election integrity is nan instauration of our democracy," precocious installed RNC chair Michael Whatley said successful a statement. "Through this unprecedented program, we are mobilizing lawyers and volunteers who are committed to preserving nan sanctity of our elections."
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Former President Donald Trump's run and nan Republican National Committee opportunity they will section a monolithic squad of 100,000 lawyers and volunteers successful nan cardinal battleground states to show and perchance situation nan counting of votes successful November's election. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
The Trump run and nan RNC opportunity that they scheme to deploy what they picture arsenic "aggressive attorneys" to show voting instrumentality testing, early voting, Election Day voting, mail-in ballot processing, and canvassing, audits and recounts pursuing nan election.
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According to nan announcement, nan plans besides telephone for hotlines successful nan battleground states, which canvass watchers and concerned voters tin telephone to study imaginable problems.
"Lawyers will guideline canvass watchers done nan due predetermination codification and supply clarity connected really various issues should beryllium answered, resolved aliases escalated," according to nan announcement. "This strategy will beryllium operational from nan first time of early voting done predetermination time – and afterward if necessary.
Lara Trump, nan erstwhile president's daughter-in-law, serves arsenic co-chair of nan Republican National Committee (RNC). Michael Whatley, left, serves arsenic RNC chairman. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A mostly of states enforce rules regulating partisan monitoring astatine polling sites, successful bid to forestall elector intimidation and obstruction of voting. While partisan monitoring is permitted, it isn't allowed to interfere successful nan voting process different than to study issues.
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The caller programme underscores nan erstwhile president's accent connected predetermination integrity. For years, Trump has many times made unsubstantiated claims that his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment to President Biden was owed to monolithic elector fraud. And he has been indicted successful 2 criminal cases for his alleged efforts to undermine and overturn those predetermination results.
The erstwhile president and his friends person besides claimed that Democrats will effort to rig nan 2024 election.
Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump salutes astatine a run rally Saturday, March 16, 2024, successful Vandalia, Ohio. (AP/Jeff Dean)
"Having nan correct group to count nan ballots is conscionable arsenic important arsenic turning retired voters connected Election Day. Republicans are now moving together to protect nan ballot and guarantee a large triumph connected November 5th!" Trump said successful a statement.
The RNC — nether then-chair Ronna McDaniel — announced successful October that it planned to enlistee and train tens of thousands of canvass workers and watches successful nan important battleground states successful nan 2024 election.
After Trump became nan GOP's presumptive statesmanlike nominee, he installed Whatley arsenic RNC chair, and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump arsenic co-chair. Whatley and Lara Trump, arsenic good arsenic RNC main counsel Charlie Spies, hammered retired nan caller program.
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Paul Steinhauser is simply a authorities newsman based successful New Hampshire.
