Padilla, Schumer to Announce More Than 100 Election Observers Recruited for Senate Program to Ensure Free and Fair Elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. — TODAY, Wednesday, October 14 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California’s former Secretary of State, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will hold a press call announcing an important milestone in the Senate Election Observer Program. With less than three weeks left before Election Day, the new program will place on-the-ground staff observers in states across the country to ensure U.S. elections remain free and fair as President Trump escalates his efforts to interfere in the midterms.