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“Since 1937...Pennsylvania’s had strict rules about who can stand in polling stations & challenge the eligibility of voters....

In June, the RNC sued to ease those rules saying they imposed...limits on its ability to (monitor) the voting process...”
apnews.com/31fd62b679a433…
“Thanks to a federal court ruling that freed the party from restrictions — a result of tactics found to be aimed at minority voters — the GOP is mounting a broad effort to keep a close watch on who casts ballots.”
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“The GOP is recruiting 50,000 monitors...across 15 battleground states. Meanwhile, the party has filed, or intervened in, lawsuits challenging election rules across the country, including cases in battleground states like NV, WI and FL...”
“The Pennsylvania lawsuit seeks to overturn state law that says poll watchers may serve only in the counties where they live. Republicans are asking a judge to allow monitors to be present any place votes are cast, including...where absentee or mail ballots are returned.”

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