Users on TheDonald.win, a far-right message board known for troll campaigns, calls to violence, and extremism, have repeatedly promoted and seemingly participated in an effort from President Donald Trump’s campaign to have people monitor the polls during the 2020 election.
Trump -- who has repeatedly claimed without evidence that rampant voter fraud may occur in the 2020 election -- has urged his supporters to “go into the polls and watch very carefully.” His son Donald Trump Jr. posted a video in September urging people to join a group for poll watching called “Army for Trump,” and the Trump campaign has set up a site with that name. As the Election Integrity Project notes, the site “recruits volunteers for general Get Out the Vote (GOTV) activities but also asks if they have legal expertise and directs to a form where supporters can report alleged election incidents directly to the campaign.” The site also has a section titled “Election Day Team” which contains a recruitment form and tells people that volunteers may be called to get out the vote and for “precinct coverage.” Some voter rights groups have expressed concern that the effort could cause voter intimidation, though others have noted that even just the fear of the effort could depress turnout, independent of whether it actually happens.
Media Matters searched via Google for mentions of the specific URL on TheDonald.win that leads to the “Election Day Team” section and found more than 300 mentions. (A search for the URL that leads to the “Army for Trump” home page shows more than 800 mentions on TheDonald.win.) The mentions of the “Election Day Team” URL include a post that claims “Trump wants warriors.” People have also shared the URL in response to users calling on others to “secure your state’s voting methods” and writing that “if you are worried about voter fraud, DO SOMETHING.”