RNC, Trump campaign announce plan for 100,000 poll watchers in battleground states

The Republican National Committee and Trump campaign have announced plans to send thousands of “poll watchers” to monitor voters. In a Friday announcement, the RNC vowed to deploy “over 100,000 dedicated volunteers and attorneys deployed across every battleground state.” The announcement claims that volunteers will report irregularities and “provide rapid response services to resolve the issue.” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley described the move, which includes sending lawyers to ballot processing sites, as “unprecedented.” Donald Trump said in the statement that “having the right people to count the ballots is just...