Trump supporters in Arizona (and at least nine other states) have promoted stakeouts of ballot drop boxes, which have become a focus of right-wing conspiracy theories about election fraud.
’s 2020 election loss, the GOP appears to have formally embraced the “precinct strategy” championed byestablishing a network of partisan poll watchers to contest votes in the upcoming midterms. But alongside that more official campaign, something more like a vigilante effort is emerging; the incessant lies about voter fraud in 2020 have also led to less official, citizen-led campaigns across several states to root out supposed cheating.
The idea, according to the informal poll watchers, is to monitor the process to protect against improper “ballot harvesting” — a baseless claim that has gained traction on the right, in part thanks to ain June, the RNC has been recruiting and training poll watchers — along with party-friendly attorneys to assist them — in swing states like Michigan, in an apparent effort to undermine the legitimacy of election results. But informal groups of Trump supporters are also taking up similar work.
These stakeout plans have added to concerns about voter intimidation, as well as to fears that the right could exploit chaos in upcoming election cycles to challenge unfavorable results.
. “When your entire premise is that there are problems, every issue looks like a problem, especially if you have no idea what you’re looking at.”, who won the party’s gubernatorial nomination, and others. “I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out there that want to camp out at these drop boxes,” Arizona Republican State Senator.
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