The Republican National Committee says it has recruited over 70,000 poll workers and poll watchers, filed lawsuits in 20 states, and hired 37 state-based “election integrity counsels.”
The number of pre-election lawsuits in federal courts has dropped since 2020, but election-related litigation in state courts has increased in 2022, according to the
of Miriam Seifter and Adam Sopko, attorneys with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.to monitor elections and use reporting software to submit their findings to lawyers trained in election law. These state-based “election integrity counsels” have been hired to use that information as the basis for lawsuits alleging voter fraud or other election violations.
The RNC commissioned a Committee on Election Integrity in 2021 after a sustained campaign by former Presidentto the national party chair, the Committee on Election Integrity recommended that the RNC implement an election integrity plan that “includes the recruitment, training, and organization of volunteers at every phase of the election process.”
“The RNC should look for offensive litigation opportunities whenever possible,” the committee also recommended. The report also calls for Republicans to establish a “war room” that is staffed with “trial lawyers who can discern and identify potential litigation opportunities.”limited the ability of the national Republican Party to observe voting after the party was sued for allegedly intimidating voters of color in the 1981 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. The consent decree expired in 2018.
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