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Lara Trump Wants RNC to 'Physically Handle the Ballots'

• https://www.msn.com,by Natalie Venegas

Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are the presumptive 2024 presidential nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively, but criticisms from Republicans over numerous voting measures have ramped up since Trump was indicted on four counts in August by the Department of Justice, accused in attempts to overturn results of the 2020 presidential election, which culminated in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The former president has continued to claim, without providing evidence, that the election was stolen from him via widespread voter fraud. Trump has pleaded not guilty and has said that the case against him is politically motivated.

During an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday, Lara Trump, co-chair of the RNC, discussed efforts the committee is taking amid the 2024 election, as she said it will have people who can "physically handle the ballots."

"We now have the ability at the RNC not just to have poll watchers—people standing in polling locations—but people who can physically handle the ballots," she said.

When asked by Newsmax host Eric Bolling whether the people handling the ballots will be stationed directly inside polling places, Lara Trump pointed toward a consent decree running from 1982 to 2018 limiting Republican poll watcher activity.

"So there was a moratorium for about 40 years on the RNC actually training people to work in these polling locations. And last year, the judge who implemented that passed away, so that gives us a great ability, heading into what I assume everyone understands is the most important election of our lifetimes," she added.

In a statement emailed to Newsweek, the RNC reiterated Lara Trump's comments, adding that Republicans will use "every legal tactic."


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