Federal and state laws prevent intimidation of voters, and state statutes set out specific guidelines for who can serve as poll watchers and how they must conduct themselves on Election DayHere's how it works:What can poll watchers do? Poll watchers, as the name implies, are expected to watch or observe what happens at polling places. But poll watchers can't interfere in any way with the actual voting process. Partisan poll watchers, however, must conduct those challenges through official poll workers and cannot stop or otherwise try to interfere with someone trying to vote. In Pennsylvania, for instance, poll watchers must reside in the county in which they are watching the polls.

Source: CNN September 09, 2020 17:48 UTC