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Republicans are stepping up efforts to place party-aligned officials within the U.S. electoral system before the mid-2022 legislature, according to a Politico report on Wednesday.
The report details state and local efforts to install Republican election workers and connect them with attorneys who would be readily available to challenge votes on election day. Critics argue that many of the poll workers are denying the outcome of the 2020 election and therefore should not be trusted to run the election.
“This is unprecedented in the history of the US election that a political party is working at this granular level to create a network,” Nick Penniman, general manager of the Issue One election control group, told Politico. “It seems that Trump’s forces are now going directly behind the legal system itself and that should be a concern for everyone.”
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House on December 31, 2020. (Photo AP / Evan Vucci, file)
The Republican National Committee (RNC) argues that it is simply catching up with what Democrats have been doing for years.
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“Democrats have had a monopoly on polling for 40 years and say they are afraid of a level playing field,” RNC spokesman Gates McGavick told Politico. “The RNC is focused on training volunteers to participate in the electoral process because polls show that American voters want bipartisan surveillance to ensure transparency and security at the polls.”
Former President Donald Trump led a national effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 to stop certification of congressional results.
The central idea of Trump’s effort was the idea that former Vice President Mike Pence could refuse to certify President Biden’s election victory and allow state legislatures to send new groups of voters to deliver victory to Trump.
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Pence thwarted the attempt, saying the vice presidents do not have that authority. However, Democrats fear Republicans may overturn the results if they are loyal enough to Trump to gain leadership positions.