Hello John,
With just one week left to vote, USA Today is reporting that voting rights activists and government officials are increasingly worried that Donald Trump’s supporters will scare away Democratic voters, especially voters of color, in battleground states.
Facing dwindling campaign funds, Trump has resorted to recruiting what he calls an “army” of poll watchers to monitor the polls for alleged Democratic fraud and contest any results that aren’t in Trump’s favor -- all while consistently calling the election corrupt to dissuade voters from casting their ballots.
Last month, election officials in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, turned away a group of poll watchers sent by the Trump campaign to illegally enter satellite election sites -- and now, officials across the country are reviewing security plans with local law enforcement at the polls and training poll workers to prepare for the GOP’s escalating voter suppression tactics.
Despite these growing concerns of voter intimidation, Republicans are trying to convince Americans that Trump’s poll watchers will ensure “transparency in the election process” -- all while suing to overturn polling site protections. Today, we need to know what voters like you think of Trump’s poll watchers as election officials prepare to protect the polls on Election Day:
Do you condemn the GOP’s “Army for Trump”?
Thank you so much for taking our poll today.
