Yes, but there's no "devining" the motives behind the actions described. A legit campaign (particularly any excellent local campaign) will have these election turnout poll watchers, and they count the foot traffic (ideally they are local so they can identify who is coming like if they are supporters or opponents) AND as well as keep track of the voter signature lists where the updates for Who's voted every hour. This way they or someone else at campaign HQ or the local candidate can call people and get them out to vote.
Nowdays with laptops and stuff (especially in a Presidental Election Year) it's not uncommon to have hired in someone to do this job; particularly in key locations which might devine data trends. For instance my election location carries excellent modeling of data, and by seeing how this precinct turns out on an election predicts very well for the whole big area. So a campaign might pay attn to some districts/locations more than another depending on the turnout models they are trying to capture.
As far as trying to get access to the polling place, again this is good practice for someone to be able to "look into" the general area of a polling place to make sure the poll workers and basic procedures are being practiced (like signage, seals on boxes, or if the workers haven't updated the lists in awhile).
Part of the problem is with (from the article)
They were posing as poll watchers. In Pennsylvania, certified poll watchers can only work in the county of their residence.
See there shouldn't be such a thing as "a certified poll watcher" or a restriction upon the residency. Any American citizen should be able to do these things, so long as they are not interfering with the voting process or Election Integrity. These two restrictions of certification and residency promote the REMOVAL of this critical oversight function. And as the article wrote, those who break the Laws will break them no matter what (like gun control laws), and those who are law abiding means now the criminals can run their operations unwatched.
Yes, but there's no "devining" the motives behind the actions described. A legit campaign (particularly any excellent local campaign) will have these election turnout poll watchers, and they count the foot traffic (ideally they are local so they can identify who is coming like if they are supporters or opponents) AND as well as keep track of the voter signature lists where the updates for Who's voted every hour. This way they or someone else at campaign HQ or the local candidate can call people and get them out to vote.
Nowdays with laptops and stuff (especially in a Presidental Election Year) it's not uncommon to have hired in someone to do this job; particularly in key locations which might devine data trends. For instance my election location carries excellent modeling of data, and by seeing how this precinct turns out on an election predicts very well for the whole big area. So a campaign might pay attn to some districts/locations more than another depending on the turnout models they are trying to capture.
As far as trying to get access to the polling place, again this is good practice for someone to be able to "look into" the general area of a polling place to make sure the poll workers and basic procedures are being practiced (like signage, seals on boxes, or if the workers haven't updated the lists in awhile).
Part of the problem is with (from the article)
See there shouldn't be such a thing as "a certified poll watcher" or a restriction upon the residency. Any American citizen should be able to do these things, so long as they are not interfering with the voting process or Election Integrity. These two restrictions of certification and residency promote the REMOVAL of this critical oversight function. And as the article wrote, those who break the Laws will break them no matter what (like gun control laws), and those who are law abiding means now the criminals can run their operations unwatched.