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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. National Republicans kicked off their in-person recruiting efforts Friday in the crucial battleground state of Michigan as part of their broader effort to build up an Election Day army of 100,000 poll workers and monitors intended to combat the infrequent problem of voter fraud.
National GOP officials, including Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump, as well as state and local party officials drummed up enthusiasm for the partys aspirational Protect the Vote program at the small Oakland County GOP office, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.
The event was the first of several organized by the RNC to begin more publicly rolling out its recruitment efforts to staff up the massive election integrity effort it announced in April that seeks to deploy 100,000 volunteers and attorneys predominantly in seven swing states to monitor the vote.
In front of a crowd of about 100 people, Whatley and Trump doubled down on their focus on the exceptionally rare problem of voter fraud and pressed attendees to consider volunteering for the effort in Michigan.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-recruits-poll-workers-michigan-part-vote-monitoring-efforts-rcna156652
no_hypocrisy
(54,885 posts)polls workers or challengers?
If poll workers, most states/counties require an equal number of democrats and republicans in polling places, e.g., setting up/breaking down the machines, aiding voters, looking up voters, etc.
If challengers, they can't prevent voters from voting. All they can do is record names of voters whom they suspect don't live in the voting district.
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)...situations for a slew of legal challenges the rightwingers will file in key races.
MiHale
(13,011 posts)Where I vote they would have to be standing behind the poll workers looking over their shoulder. Dont think thats allowed. Can they get the paperwork? This sounds like intimidation to me thinking they can reduce numbers at the polls. Confused as ever.
underpants
(196,449 posts)or at least disrupt it.
MiHale
(13,011 posts)Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)I hope we are preparing plenty of attorneys who can be ready to immediately shoot down the onslaught of legal challenges these rightwing "monitors" will be creating.
GreenWave
(12,636 posts)
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Maybe if we monitor in red areas, where folks are real shy...