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Oct 5 2020:
GOP is "betting on tens of thousands of volunteer “poll watchers” – potentially including far-right militias and vigilantes – as well as loyal Republican politicians in battleground states"
Activists warn against Trump's voter intimidation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/trump-election-poll-watchers-voter-intimidation-tactics
GOP is "betting on tens of thousands of volunteer “poll watchers” – potentially including far-right militias and vigilantes – as well as loyal Republican politicians in battleground states"
Activists warn against Trump's voter intimidation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/trump-election-poll-watchers-voter-intimidation-tactics
Sept 11, 2020:
Basically, they plan to have people, many of whom consider themselves "Christian soldiers" and view the election in apocalyptic terms, policing polling locations and locations where mail-in ballots will be counted. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/11/religious-right-polling-places-election-voter-fraud
Basically, they plan to have people, many of whom consider themselves "Christian soldiers" and view the election in apocalyptic terms, policing polling locations and locations where mail-in ballots will be counted. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/11/religious-right-polling-places-election-voter-fraud
May 19, 2020:
Republicans recruit 50,000 volunteers to police “voter fraud” in November https://www.salon.com/2020/05/19/republicans-recruit-50000-volunteers-to-police-voter-fraud-in-november/
Republicans recruit 50,000 volunteers to police “voter fraud” in November https://www.salon.com/2020/05/19/republicans-recruit-50000-volunteers-to-police-voter-fraud-in-november/
Oct 9, 2020:
"A private security company is recruiting a 'large contingent' of former US military Special Ops personnel to guard polling sites in Minnesota on Election Day...'to make sure that the Antifas[
] don’t try to destroy the election sites'." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/private-security-minnesota-election/2020/10/09/89766964-0987-11eb-991c-be6ead8c4018_story.html
Oct 12, 2020:
Pro-Trump militias and other far right vigilantes plan to "police" polling locations across the nation on election day.
Armed groups say they will show up at polling sites on Election Day https://www.businessinsider.com/armed-groups-planning-to-monitor-polling-sites-on-election-day-2020-10
Pro-Trump militias and other far right vigilantes plan to "police" polling locations across the nation on election day.
Armed groups say they will show up at polling sites on Election Day https://www.businessinsider.com/armed-groups-planning-to-monitor-polling-sites-on-election-day-2020-10
A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans - [No, not the Pro*d B*ys — A *different* pro-Trump militant group.]
Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/right-wing-militias-civil-war/616473/
Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/right-wing-militias-civil-war/616473/
Oct 20, 2020:
“As threats to disrupt Election Day grow, some members of a far-right Trump superfan group are boasting about securing positions as polling station managers and supervisors while dozens of them are advocating violence on November 3.“ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8gz7/far-right-trump-supporters-are-infiltrating-polling-stations
“As threats to disrupt Election Day grow, some members of a far-right Trump superfan group are boasting about securing positions as polling station managers and supervisors while dozens of them are advocating violence on November 3.“ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8gz7/far-right-trump-supporters-are-infiltrating-polling-stations
It's illegal in FL to bring a gun to a polling place, but apparently they weren't detained and plan to return tomorrow.
Oct 21 2020:
Armed guards at St. Petersburg, FL early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign - election officials https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/armed-guards-at-st-pete-early-voting-site-told-deputies-they-were-hired-by-trump-campaign-election-officials-say/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Oct 21 2020:
Armed guards at St. Petersburg, FL early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign - election officials https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/armed-guards-at-st-pete-early-voting-site-told-deputies-they-were-hired-by-trump-campaign-election-officials-say/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
