The Sentinel: “Cumberland County officials received an email this week from the Trump campaign requesting highly specific details about the county’s ballot security. The email, obtained by The Sentinel, went so far as to ask for the address and room numbers of ballot storage locations, and requested that the information be sent to the Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative. County officials said they have not responded to the request and do not intend to, according to the county commissioners. The Trump campaign described the request as ‘standard election transparency details,’ but local officials find the implication — that the President’s campaign staff is harvesting election security plans through what appears to be a personal web-based email account — to be extremely concerning.”

“‘It’s almost kind of chilling the sort of data they wanted us to provide,’ Cumberland County Commissioner Gary Eichelberger said. ‘This is basically the whole security plan. We’ve never received a request of this detail and I find it troubling that one of the interested parties [in the election outcome] feels they have a right to information that obviously could jeopardize the security of the ballots.’ The message was sent Tuesday, according to emails reviewed by The Sentinel, from Leslie O’Shaughnessy, who said she was writing ‘on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President.’ The Trump campaign’s communications office confirmed to The Sentinel that O’Shaughnessy is a volunteer with the campaign, and offered an explanatory statement from Deputy National Press Secretary Thea McDonald. ‘As part of the Trump campaign’s efforts to ensure a free and fair election, we have asked county clerks for information so that we can gain a detailed understanding of voting processes — and the similarities and differences that may exist in different jurisdictions,’ McDonald wrote.”