Senate Democrats on June 25 announced a program to train Senate staff as official election observers for the 2026 midterm elections, an effort that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) described as the first of its kind in the chamber.
The Election Observer Program will recruit and train Senate staff to document attempted voter interference, threats against election workers, and what the senators called misinformation and disinformation, both on Election Day and during the postelection canvass and certification process, according to a statement from Schumer’s office. Schumer and Padilla announced the program on a press call on June 25.
