President Donald Trump has threatened to send “sheriffs” and “law enforcement” to polling stations on election day to protect against voter fraud – even though he lacks the authority to do so. “We will have sheriffs, and we will enforce the law, and we will, hopefully, have American lawyers,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Sean Hannity. Marc Elias, an election lawyer at the forefront of democratic litigation on votes, tweeted in response: “Not without a legal battle he will not!” According to CNN, election law experts say Trump has no power to deploy law enforcement officials to monitor elections, but his campaign could hire police off-duty as “poll watchers.” The Trump campaign seeks to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers for its largest ever observation operation in November. Poll-watching is a common practice, and both parties use it. Observers monitor how ballots are cast, test equipment, and counting procedures.
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