Just days after newly elected co-chair Lara Trump suggested he might be chosen to lead the party’s legal ballot-gathering operations ahead of the 2024 general election, the Republican National Committee ( RNC ) has confirmed it wo n’t be hiring conservative activist Scott Presler.
Mr. Presler launched the Early Vote Action political action committee in January 2023 as part of efforts to organize and organize Republicans to vote early, mainly across key swing states including Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, according to its official website.
In a split speech to the release, Ms. Trump—who is the child- in- regulation of former President Donald Trump—touted Mr. Presler’s work with the Republican Party’s local base.
She said,” Scott Presler has demonstrated what a single person can do in terms of influencing citizens across the country.” As both of our companies have the same goal in mind,” I look forward to having his help,” he said.
RNC Taking’ Serious ‘ Approach to Election Integrity
Speaking on” The Benny Show”, Ms. Trump—who was elected to become the RNC’s fresh i- head on March 8—explained the RNC is taking a different and more” severe” approach to past procedures in the upcoming election cycle, pointing to issues regarding election integrity in the 2020 elections.
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According to Ms. Trump, the RNC intends to make use of everything from early voting initiatives to an expanded legal team made up of both hired legal experts and volunteers to ensure any issues are resolved right away in real-time.
Additionally, the RNC plans to establish an election integrity division within the committee, she said.
The committee has also filed 78 lawsuits in 23 states aimed at ensuring election integrity, according to Ms. Trump.
” But we also have to start thinking about legal ballot harvesting, something we have never embraced as a party”, Ms. Trump told the show. ” We will begin doing it right away. I am going to have a call very soon with Scott Presler, who is an amazing voter registrar. He has registered a large number of people in this nation. I think he is fantastic. He should be on our legal ballot-gathering division.
Focus on Ballot Harvesting
” There will be no question on the night of November 5th that Donald Trump is elected as the 47th president”, Ms. Trump concluded.
Ballot harvesting, also known as “ballot collecting”, refers to the gathering of completed mail- in ballots by third- party individuals or organizations, who deliver them to polling stations or election offices on a voter’s behalf.
” Oh my gosh. We can do this. Let’s come together as a family &, save the country we love”, he wrote. ” Right now, we’re scheduling voter registration drives at gun shows, places of worship, rodeos, farmers markets, &, other venues across the USA”.
Mr. Presler, who has repeatedly endorsed President Trump in the 2024 White House race, previously served as chairman of the” Gays for Trump” organization.
He has also provided get-out-the-vote training sessions for conservative groups and led multiple voter registration efforts across various states, according to NBC News.
” Once more, Donald Trump’s extreme MAGA takeover of the RNC is demonstrating that democracy is on the line in this election as he and his supporters elevate extremists who would prefer to defend our democracy,” said DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd.
This report was written by Caden Pearson.
