Election workers prepare to handle ‘concerning list’ of poll watchers who could disrupt the vote | CNN Politics

Poll watchers are a key component of election transparency.

Both Democrats and Republicans have built out their ranks of volunteers and lawyers to observe polling places.

Republicans have made “election integrity a centerpiece of their campaign messaging, vowing to deploy tens of thousands of people to monitor the vote.

Election offices have ramped up their security preparations.

RNC has pledged to deploy tens of thousands of volunteers to monitor vote counting across battlegrounds.

Democrats are preparing to deploy their own force of poll watchers and attorneys across battleground states.

Each state has different rules and laws surrounding poll watcher, which dictate how close they can stand, how they can or cannot interact with voters.

Wisconsin officials have conducted extra trainings this year to prepare for potential issues.

In the run-up to 2020, officials were contending with implementing no-excuse absentee voting for the first time and grappling with a global pandemic.

In Michigan , Attorney General Dana Nessel said earlier this month that the state won’t have officers in polling places but that they would be close by.