Trump launches web page to recruit 'election observers' - CNET

He's using the open and connected power of the web to hire so-called election observers. Well, when I say "hire," I of course mean "recruit as volunteers." It's not as if the property mogul became rich by just giving money away.

A new web page on his site therefore pleads: "Volunteer to be a Trump Election Observer."

Accompanied by a fetching picture of Trump looking to the right, while his veep candidate Mike Pence looks the other way, the page begins: "Help Me Stop Crooked Hillary From Rigging This Election!"

I haven't yet found actual evidence that any such thing is happening or going to happen.

Neither the Trump campaign nor the Clinton campaign immediately responded to a request for enlightenment.

Perhaps, though, in this election, ancient concepts such as facts and evidence have taken on something of a secondary role.

Trump's website isn't effusive about what the election observers will be empowered to do. Many states have actual laws that prevent voter intimidation, which includes campaigning near polling places.

It might, therefore, be difficult for these observers to do much observing.

A better avenue might have been asking the United Nations to step in. After all, the UN says that since 1991 more than 100 countries have asked it to assist in observing the faiess of elections.

But could Trump trust the UN? After all, he very much believes in the concept of America First.