Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined other Republican officials to recruit poll observers and workers at a Republican National Committee event on Friday.
The Protect the Vote tour is a nationwide project by the Republican National Committee to recruit poll workers, lawyers and observers in an effort to secure elections.
Numerous reports have found that voter fraud is rare in the U.S and many instances of alleged fraud turn out to be the mistakes of voters or administrators, according to New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice .
The RNC project focuses on 18 states, including Ohio, where Gov. Mike DeWine signed one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country.
RNC Chair Michael Whatley said the committee would like to have a minimum of 5,000 voting observers in every battleground state. He said county parties would put observers on a list and turn it in to the county board of elections.
Whatley said he is not concerned about voter intimidation as the observers will be trained and work within state law.