President Trump's campaign team is bombarding local election officials in swing states, digging for details on vote-counting and gearing up for a potential legal fight over mail-in ballots
President Donald Trump's campaign team is bombarding local election officials in swing states, digging for details on vote-counting and gearing up for a potential legal fight over mail-in ballots.
In an effort that local officials and experts describe as far more extensive than anything launched in previous elections, the Trump campaign is pushing for particulars on everything from ballot storage to volunteer vetting, through personal outreach as well as in writing, election officials tell CNN. How to vote
In at least two key states, Wisconsin and Georgia, local officials have received questionnaires from Trump's team asking things like how ballots will be verified, how staffers will be deployed and even what the envelopes housing ballots will look like, according to multiple sources and documents.
Famed Republican lawyer pens scathing op-ed about Trump 06:05The act of courting election clerks itself is common, experts and election workers say. It helps ensure that in the event of a problem in a key state or county, campaign staff are not scrambling to find a local point of contact amid the chaos of election night.
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