Sarah Wire for USA Today:

For the last four years, a network of right-wing activists and Trump allies, like Clements, has crisscrossed the country and held thousands of organizing meetings in order to create an army of tens of thousands of community activists to collect proof of alleged fraud for lawsuits or to pressure local election officials to not certify the election. In many places, their efforts have already begun with lawsuits and a flood of information requests.

The training for local activists − held at churches, libraries and civic organizations − largely relies on baseless claims and conspiracy theories that have been debunked in the courts, by fact checkers and independent experts, or by nonpartisan audits.

With just over a month until Election Day, Clements urged his audience to talk with local election officials about how election machines work, so they’ll consider not certifying the election results. 

If they won’t listen, activists should physically take over public meetings, he said. Clements had the crowd practice putting their bodies between election officials and law enforcement. 

“Everybody come forward… get close,” he said.