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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

GOP planning ‘army’ of poll watchers and lawyers to descend on blue districts

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican operatives are working to recruit an “army” of poll watchers, legal experts and other volunteers to flood Democratic-leaning communities in Michigan with GOP-aligned poll watchers who could theoretically try to interfere with upcoming elections.

The effort, first reported by Politico, is centered in a major swing state where Joe Biden narrowly won over Donald Trump in 2020, prompting cries of fraud from the Trump campaign that were never backed up with any hard evidence.

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