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1/ President Donald Trump tweeted yesterday morning that law enforcement has been “strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING.”

We decided to check who’s been notified about what, exactly...

2/ We asked the White House @PressSec to clarify. Who sent a notice? Who received it?

No answer.
@PressSec 3/ We asked @TheJusticeDept. They declined to comment.

The DOJ is sending election monitors to 19 states, as is typical.
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept 4/ The @FBI also declined to comment.

It did issue a joint statement on protecting the election from hackers.
fbi.gov/news/pressrel/…
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI 5/ The federal Election Assistance Commission, the @EACgov, told us: “We have not received or distributed any such notice.”
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov 6/ We checked with the head of the National Fusion Center Association, Mike Serna. Those centers were created after 9/11 to help info sharing. Surely they’d be aware of any presidential order.

“That is the first I’ve heard of that,” Serna told us.
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov 7/ We also asked the @NationalSheriff’ association. They hadn’t heard anything and are checking. The National Fraternal Order of Police, the @GLFOP, didn’t answer our questions.
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov @NationalSheriff @GLFOP 8/ Here is what @ProPublica’s @electionland HAS heard of instances of:

🗳️Late openings
🗳️Voting machine outages
🗳️Understaffing
🗳️Long lines
@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov @NationalSheriff @GLFOP @electionland @realDonaldTrump 10/ To find out what’s *really* happening across the country on Election Day, follow @ElectionLand propublica.org/electionland
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