A conservative group confirmed that thousands of volunteers in midterm battleground states have been trained on local election procedures and to become poll watchers.
Jenny Beth Martin, the chair of Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA), told The Washington Times that volunteers have been trained to clean voter rolls, understand changes to election procedures, and become poll watchers or even election judges.
“The first part is about personal relationships, and the second is about procedures and policies,” Martin told the paper. “Do they use temporary staffing companies [to manage elections]? What computer systems are they using? What contracts do they have in place for that?”…