JUST IN: RNC Scores Major Election Integrity Victory After Key Counties Block Poll Watchers

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is trumpeting a big win for poll watchers in a key swing state after election workers illegally turned them away on Election Day.

In a post on X, the freshman RNC leader announced that the GOP committee’s team of “roving attorneys” had quashed a dispute between Republican poll watchers and Pennsylvania election authorities in eight counties, including that of Philadelphia, the site of a contentious battle between the Trump and Harris campaign over Black and Latino voters. “Early this morning we learned that Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna Counties were being turned away,” Whatley wrote. “We deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials, and can now report that all Republican poll watchers have been let into the building.”

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Poll watchers in Pennsylvania must meet stringent requirements, including being a qualified registered elector of the county where the election district (polling place) is located. They must secure credentials in advance and can only be assigned to specific polling locations, according to a state guide. On Election Day, they must arrive with a certificate proving they have met the qualifications to be there. They can inspect voting lists and make good faith challenges if they feel someone was given a ballot in error. Active Pennsylvania voters with a voting history do not need to present identification, but new movers or newly registered voters must do so.

Whatley said the RNC will continue fighting for the rights of Republican poll watchers in the state that may decide the presidential election. “We will keep fighting, keep winning, and keep sharing updates,” he added.

PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION INTEGRITY:

Early this morning we learned that Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna Counties were being turned away.

We deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials,…

— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) November 5, 2024

Earlier on Tuesday, vote-by-mail numbers appeared to show Democrats facing a daunting challenge: a much-hoped-for lead of over 50,000 Monday ballots came in at just over 2,400, a sign that weeks of Republican enthusiasm for vote-by-mail is paying off. At the same time, Republicans must avoid cannibalizing their traditional Election Day advantage. Key to this will be the Trump campaign’s ability to get out the vote among low-propensity or nontraditional segments of the electorate, including within Black and Latino communities.

The RNC filed suit against Milwaukee election officials on Monday after a last-minute change to poll watcher rules threatened to disenfranchise hundreds who had signed up to be on the lookout for voter fraud on Election Day. In a filing, RNC lawyers stated that the change, made over the weekend by the Milwaukee Election Commission, violates state law by limiting each political party to just one observer at each polling location.

“Defendant Milwaukee Elections Commission has been arbitrarily limiting and prohibiting members of the public from observing all aspects of the voting process at polling locations in the City of Milwaukee,” the complaint states, according to Fox News. Lawyers are accusing the Milwaukee Election Commission of violating Wis. Stat. § 7.41, which says that “observation areas shall be so positioned” in polling sites “to permit any election observer to readily observe all aspects of the voting process.”

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