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Some voters in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia say they are not worried about the Trump campaign鈥檚 attempts to recruit supporters to monitor election polling places because they don鈥檛 take the call-to-action seriously.

On Oct. 31, the final day of early voting in Virginia, voters in places like Fairfax County waited as long as three hours to cast ballots. Others shared their support for either presidential candidate by tabling outside of the polling centers.

At Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library in Alexandria, Virginia, about 10 Trump supporters carrying large flags and signs lined the sidewalk near the building, encouraging passersby to vote for him.

Several voters had to walk through the small crowd to enter the library and cast their votes for the next president of the U.S. One was Grace Lee, a resident of Alexandria.

Lee told 最新蜜桃影像 that she wasn鈥檛 intimidated by the crowd in front of her and that she did not 鈥渇eel threatened鈥� by their presence.

Neither did Jonathan Mejia, an El Salvadoran immigrant, who gained his citizenship in 2012.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not intimidated,鈥� Mejia said. 鈥淎re you kidding me?鈥�

Mejia said he鈥檚 more concerned about the pandemic than voter intimidation.

Other voters who identified as Democrats told 最新蜜桃影像 that Trump supporters have no effect on their decision to vote or their choice for president. None were intimidated by supporters鈥� presence outside the library in Virginia or at other polling sites in D.C. and Maryland.

Maryland doesn’t have 鈥渢he typical tricks that are used for voter intimidation,鈥� Donald Bolger, a Maryland voter, said. 鈥淗owever, if you look everywhere else south of here and west of here, it gets worse.鈥�

Maria Flowers, who cast her vote at the super vote center at Washington Nationals Park on Thursday, said she鈥檚 not worried about voter intimidation from anyone.

鈥淚n D.C., it鈥檚 enough of us to outdo them,鈥� Flowers said. 鈥淩ight now, we still run D.C. We鈥檙e here.鈥�

Enthusiasm or intimidation?

After Donald Trump his supporters to 鈥済o into the polls and watch very carefully,鈥� his campaign said they hoped to enlist as many as 50,000 election watchers, according to .

Lisa Shames, a first-time poll watcher for the Maryland Democratic Party, called the president鈥檚 call-to-action 鈥渄isturbing.鈥�

Bolger and his daughter, Lauren Bolger, agreed. Both are worried about voter intimidation in the south.

鈥淎s a biracial person, I know if I were to go and try to vote in places like South Carolina or maybe even Texas, I could be faced with people yelling in my face and trying to convince me who to vote for and threatening me with weapons,鈥� Lauren Bolger, a first-time voter, said.

Republican Party of Virginia Communications Consultant John March called this fear “silly.”

“Just because their side lacks energy and enthusiasm for their ancient candidate doesn鈥檛 mean we have to dial back our energy,” March said.

“Voter intimidation is the next Russian Collusion鈥攁 whiny, fake argument and losing excuse.”

More car caravans in the news

In Austin, Texas, a caravan of Trump supporters a Biden campaign bus Friday and attempted to force it off of the highway, Democratic officials said. The FBI has opened an investigation into the incident.

A similar caravan shut down the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey and the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York on Sunday. The motorists waved Trump and pro-police flags.

March, who has been a member of the Republican Party of Virginia for more than two years, said these caravans have nothing to do with Virginia. “What happens in Texas stays in Texas,” March said.

In New Jersey, a convoy of vehicles supporting President Trump has halted traffic on the Garden State Parkway.

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In terms of voter intimidation in general, 鈥渘o voter should have to deal with something like that,鈥� said Zachary Israel, a D.C. campaign worker for council candidate Ed Lazere.

After a outside of an early voting center in Fairfax, Virginia, Shames says the Maryland Democratic Party took extra steps to prepare her for a similar situation in Montgomery County. However, the retired congressional worker says she hasn鈥檛 seen any.

Neither has James Howlett, the site coordinator for the super vote center at Washington Nationals Park in Navy Yard.

Howlett said Thursday there is a strict policy for poll watchers who intimidate voters, particularly those who turn voters away based on their political affiliation.

鈥淚f I see any bad behavior, it warrants a warning,鈥欌�� Howlett said. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 follow the warning, you鈥檙e fired.鈥�

Voter intimidation is prohibited in Washington.

鈥淯nauthorized poll monitoring and voter intimidation are prohibited in the District,鈥� a spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General said in a statement addressed to 最新蜜桃影像.

鈥淯p to this point, OAG has not received complaints alleging such unlawful activity鈥攂ut we will remain vigilant until every District resident has their chance to cast a ballot.鈥�

The D.C. Republican Party did not respond to requests for comments.