(CNN) President Donald Trump 's campaign team is bombarding local election officials in swing states , digging for details on vote-counting and gearing up for a potential legal fight over mail-in ballots . Magney in Wisconsin said the Trump team made clear the questions "came from headquarters" and were part of a broader strategic effort from the campaign. Bracing for chaosOutreach from campaigns to local election aides is nothing new; one former election official in Arizona described dinner invitations from the campaigns. A Republican National Committee lawyer told CNN the outreach to local election officials is heavily concentrated in battleground states and defended the practice as normal. The questionnaire Georgia election officials received probes for even more detail.

Source: CNN September 10, 2020 22:52 UTC