Poll watchers recruited to monitor voting are a likely flashpoint in a heated presidential election, as election-law scholars and voting-rights groups warn about the potential for disruption and voter intimidation. The Trump and Biden campaigns, working with the Republican and Democratic parties, are vowing to sign up record numbers of volunteers to monitor polling places and conduct other get-out-the-vote efforts nationwide in what is shaping up to be a contentious election. Nonpartisan groups concerned with voting rights...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 06, 2020 13:19 UTC