Who Will Watch Trump's Vigilante Poll-Watchers?

Donald Trump has been working diligently to stir up an army of amateur, vigilante poll watchers under the pretense that the presidential election is rigged. Early voting has only begun in just a few states, but Trump is convinced that the fix is in, specifically in certain “inner city“ domains, and that rigorous “poll monitoring” is in order.

Election observing is a legal activity that normally consists of volunteers showing up to polling places on Election Day to ensure that the voting process goes smoothly. But election observing also can be—and has been—weaponized to make sure that the process does not go smoothly, particularly for nonwhite voters. It seems that Trump is aiming for the latter, and the Boston Globe reported on October 15 about the kind of fruit Trump’s suggestions are bearing in this area: