Trump campaign, RNC aim to deploy 100,000 volunteer vote-counting monitors for presidential election

The Republican National Committee and former President Donald Trump's campaign announced a new initiative Friday to deploy thousands to monitor vote counting in battleground states during the presidential election. 

The Republican Party aims to recruit 100,000 volunteers to observe the voting process and report irregularities, as well as lawyers to provide rapid-response services if there are issues in the vote counting. 

"The RNC is hiring hundreds of election integrity staff across the map – more than ever before because our Party will be recruiting thousands of more observers to protect the vote in 2024,"  said Lara Trump, RNC co-chair, in a press release. "These campaign officials in states are tasked with recruiting, training, and when possible, shifting poll watchers and poll workers day in and day out."