This piece, produced by the Atlantic, is focused on the Democratic reactions to Donald Trump's previous claims of potential voter fraud. Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor polling stations in an effort to discourage voter fraud. While poll watching is allowed in Pennsylvania, there are stipulations to who and the number of people allowed to poll watch at respective polling stations. Trump's encouragement essentially forewent the understanding of limits to poll watchers.
The real fear behind Trump's comments, and the reason that a number of different Democratic lawsuits against Trump have surfaced is based on the potential voter intimidation that could come out of encouraging party supporters to amass at polling sites. It is easy to make an argument that congregating at polling stations can be taken as voter intimidation or suppression, which is the reasoning behind Democratic lawsuits being brought forth against Trump.
As an anecdote at the end of the piece, which I found humorous, the publication published a statement made by a Republican city councilman, Joshua Lorenz, who posted via social media a web page that contained instructions for how Clinton supporters could vote online. Accompanying this web page, Lorenz' comments were as follows" More proof that the election process is rigged, only Hillary supporters can vote from their smartphones or in the comfort of their own homes." The Atlantic closes this piece by stating the fact that online voting in Pennsylvania is non-existent.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/poll-monitoring-voter-intimidation-lawsuits/506078/
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