Sacramento Elections Officials Watching Out For Voter Intimidation

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Voters nationwide are worried about what will happen when we go to the polls. The rumors and conversations are now making their way to election officials who say they're doing what they can to be ready on Tuesday.

"We are aware and prepared," said Jill Lavine, the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters.

"Our poll workers are trained that if there is any type of intimidation to call 911," she continued.

There are 3000 poll workers in Sacramento County and 60 coordinators. The coordinators bounce between 10 locations each.

"They're our eyes and ears on the ground basically," said LaVine.

"There is a special urgency this year because of the things we've been hearing from Donald Trump," said Michael Soller with the California Democratic Party.

He says Trump's comments about a "rigged election" are both dangerous and inflammatory.

"We are here to reject those lies as the Democratic party," said Soller.

Since 1992 the California Democrats have operated an election hotline. This year's hotline launched this past Tuesday. They're received between 400-500 calls a day since then.

Soller says the calls this week have been mainly questions about the ballot or polling locations, but they are prepared for any reports of voter intimidation.

"We are going to be on the lookout for any issues at the polling place," said Soller.

Trump supporters in California have monitoring plans of their own. The head of Vets for Trump told the Press Enterprise that they plan to send 8,000 monitors into the field on election day.

The Secretary of State Office spokesperson says they will also have monitors at polling locations across the state which is typical of any election.

We reached out to several people from the California Republican Party to see if they have a hotline or monitoring plans, but have not heard back.

Early voters we spoke with say they're pushing past the rumors and focusing on the task at hand.

"Just get out and vote because your vote counts," said Willard McGown as he left the Sacramento County election office.