ADADMeanwhile, state election officials said they were considering what federal resources Trump might seek to deploy before and during the election — such as the president’s statement last month that he would send U.S. attorneys, sheriffs and other law enforcement officers to polling places. “It is a clear and present danger.”State election officials said they are alarmed by the president’s rhetoric. It’s not going to change.”ADBut those assurances did little to quell growing fears among state election officials, state attorneys general and other institutionalists who worried that the president’s words would have far greater impact. But for such a dispute to decide the election, the vote margin in that state would have to be narrow, he said. State election officials said they were bracing for legal battles and civil unrest to follow.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2020 00:36 UTC