Donald Trump Urges Supporters To Act As Poll Watchers To Fraud At Voting Locations
Despite the lack of evidence, Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to commit fraud during the upcoming presidential election. On top of that, the president urged the North Carolina rallygoers to serve as poll watchers to ensure fraud at voting locations do not take place.
The president has been making claims about the American election being plagued with voter fraud without supporting this allegation with adequate proof. Keeping in line with that, he has said he lost the popular vote in the 2016 election as a result of fraudulent ballots being cast.
It is worth noting that Trump lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes. Contrary to the president's claims, CNN suggests American elections aren't rife with voter fraud and there was no concrete evidence to prove that there was mass fraud during the 2016 election.
"Gotta be careful with those ballots," Trump warned during a rally in Winston-Salem on Tuesday. He went on to urge the rallygoers to watch those ballots, reminding them that they have a Democrat governor, and all Democrats will be keeping an eye on the ballots, stating that he doesn't like this.
Trump advised rallygoers to be "poll watchers" when they go there. He asked them to keep an eye on all the thieving, stealing, and robbing Democrats do, insisting that it is important for them to win North Carolina to win the election this year.
This provocative theory and backing of his supporters to challenge Democrats on Election Day comes amid increasing political violence, with leftist protesters and Trump supporters going toe-to-toe in Oregon and Wisconsin. The unrest led to arrests, assaults, and claimed several lives in recent weeks.
Every state has official poll watchers that are usually appointed by party groups to keep an eye on the elections and monitor voter turnout for their parties, the National Conference of State Legislatures suggests. There are criteria to qualify as a poll watcher in different states, and those observers aren't told to interfere in the voting process aside from reporting problems to their party officials, according to the conference.
The Trump campaign has adopted an aggressive plan for poll-monitoring during the upcoming election, sparking charges from voting-rights groups and Democrats that Republicans are attempting to quell voting in key states. Republicans claim their new push will help them preserve election integrity and improve coordination for their get-out-vote operations.
Tuesday's North Carolina rally marks Trump's third visit to the state. The president also told the crowd to ensure they send the ballot, go to their polling place and make sure it counts.