Understanding the Role of Poll Watchers in Electoral Challenges

Since Donald Trump tried to challenge the 2020 election, the Republican National Committee has been hard at work building a network of poll watchers to observe ballot counting in counties across America. The program could help Trump and the R.N.C. challenge the results of the 2024 election should Trump lose, while also driving turnout among Republican voters who are skeptical of election integrity in the U.S. The New Yorker contributing writer Antonia Hitchens joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how the R.N.C.’s poll-watching efforts may come into play on November 5th and beyond. 

This week’s reading:

• “The U.S. Spies Who Sound the Alarm About Election Interference,” by David Kirkpatrick
• “The Election-Interference Merry-Go-Round,” by Jon Allsop

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