Washington Post:

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s office Thursday pressed a surrogate of Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin to share evidence supporting her claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” Tuesday’s election — allegations Herring (D), who is running for reelection, called a ploy to undermine voters’ confidence in the outcome before the results are in.2021 Election: Complete coverage and analysis

State Sen. Amanda F. Chase (R-Chesterfield), who has been working to rally the state’s conservative Trump-aligned voter base on behalf of Youngkin, recently told conservative talk radio host John Fredericks that she has shared evidence of a Democratic voting-fraud scheme with the Youngkin campaign….

The claims by Chase — a conservative provocateur in Richmond who was censured by the Senate after calling the Jan. 6 insurrectionists “patriots” — are part of a broader narrative promoted by Republicans, including Youngkin, that there is cause to be concerned about election integrity in Tuesday’s election.

In recent weeks, GOP poll watchers have camped out at early-voting sites and local elections offices to review voter rolls and monitor how officials are conducting the election.

Herring, a two-term incumbent who is running against state Del. Jason S. Miyares (R-Virginia Beach), said Chase’s claims, if unfounded, go beyond such efforts for more transparency.

“Let’s be clear: these kinds of baseless, false claims are simply designed to undermine confidence in our democracy and our elections,” Herring said in a news release about the letter sent to Chase. “If Sen. Chase has any evidence of cheating or voter fraud then she has an obligation to bring it to the attention of authorities who can do something about it rather than secretively sharing this supposed ‘evidence’ with political allies.”