Wahlen: Beispiellose Wahlbeobachterkampagne für Kongresswahlen in den USA
Die Demokratische Partei und Aktivistengruppen setzen angesichts der Sorgen wegen einer möglichen Einmischung in die Wahlen durch Trump zahlreiche Wahlbeobachterinnen und Wahlbeobachter ein.
Washington - Democratic Party representatives and activists in the United States have launched a massive effort to protect polling stations during the upcoming congressional elections on November 3rd. Trained volunteers are to be positioned at polling places on election day and report suspicious activities. Concerns exist that US President Donald Trump might utilize the extensive resources of the US federal government to influence the elections.
In addition to traditional activist groups like Common Cause and the ACLU civil rights movement, volunteers mobilized by individual Democratic Party states, congressmen, statewide activist groups, and democracy protection organizations are involved in the election observer campaign. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has even created a cybersecurity unit composed of former employees from the CIA's foreign intelligence service and the FBI, tasked with monitoring and reporting internet disinformation, including deepfakes generated by AI, the DNC's Vice Chair Jane Kleeb said.
"We've never done this before," Kleeb stated, reflecting on the massive efforts by the Democratic Party. "But we've never dealt with the President of the United States saying he might confiscate ballots and station ICE agents at polling places," she added.
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