Pennsylvania is set to be ground zero on Election Day.

The PA Republican Party has joined a lawsuit to challenge a provision that requires poll watchers to be from the counties they’re inspecting.

“Today’s lawsuit is a commonsense remedy to ensure the fairest election possible,” Republican Party of Pennsylvania Communications Director Megan Sweeney said.

This move comes amidst charges from GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump that the election will be rigged. In fact, several times Trump has specifically mentioned Pennsylvania when making this charge. The not so implicit concern is that Democrats will improperly pad vote totals in the heavily black areas of Philadelphia.

Governor Wolf denounced these efforts and pointed to instances in the recent past when PA GOP Chair Rob Gleason expressed confidence that the election would not be stolen.

“It is shameful that the Pennsylvania Republican Party has joined Donald Trump in his dangerous claims of widespread voter fraud in Pennsylvania,” Governor Wolf’s spokesman Jeffrey Sheridan stated. “To suggest that the election could be rigged as a result of fraud at the polls has no basis in fact, and attempts to delegitimize the election in Pennsylvania are disgraceful and dangerous.”

“Additionally, there are minority party precinct officials in every precinct that the Republican Party can appoint. The Republican Party is only trying to cause chaos and disruption. Just as we oppose the legislature’s attempts at voter intimidation, we also oppose this baseless lawsuit and are confident a federal court will agree.”

Chairman Gleason then attacked Wolf’s response.

“Governor Wolf’s attack on Pennsylvanians who serve as volunteer poll watchers is disgraceful,” Gleason said. “Poll watchers have been a part of Pennsylvania’s election process for nearly 75 years. The citizens who choose to serve as poll watchers – regardless of party – play an important role in open and transparent elections. This lawsuit seeks to allow poll watchers the ability to perform their duty in any county in the Commonwealth with proper documentation. It is to open the process for all political parties and candidates. Nevertheless, Tom Wolf has chosen to demonize Pennsylvania citizens who are active in the election process.”

“Tom Wolf is trying to turn this lawsuit into a partisan issue by launching baseless and awful vitriol against hard-working Pennsylvanians and his response only further deepens questions around his administration’s pattern of partisan and secret dealings. The Wolf Administration owes an apology to every person who donates their time to serve as a poll watcher for any party or candidate in our great Commonwealth.”