Elections officials in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania were rattled last week after a Trump campaign aide requested 'highly specific details' about the county's ballot security, according to The Sentinel.
A Tuesday email from Trump aide Leslie O'Shaughnessy requested the names of people transporting ballots from voting machines once polls close, the names of people with access to the ballots, and locations where ballots are stored - including room numbers.
"This is basically the whole security plan. We've never received a request of this detail and I find it troubling that one of the interested parties feels they have a right to information that obviously could jeopardize the security of the ballots."
Campaign spokeswoman Thea McDonald told the Washington Post that the request was for "Standard election transparency details," and that the campaign had been in touch with out counties - "Some of which transparently provided answers to these important, reasonable questions via less formal requests."
The details O'Shaughnessy asked for in her email do not concern ballot verification; rather, they are specific physical security details for ballots and voting machines.
These include information on "The location(s) that ballots are immediately sent to when polls close" as well as "The individuals who transport the ballots to the location(s)."
The campaign is also asking for "The time(s) when are ballots are transported to canvass site," information on any security provided, and "The best point of contact for each storage location(s) of the ballots." -The Sentinel.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Pennsylvania Election Officials Rattled After Trump Campaign Requests Names Of Ballot Transporters, Storage Locations
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