Leadership of the Republican National Committee and the campaign of former President Donald Trump announced an effort last week to improve election security in battleground states.

The primary entity of the Republican Party said they would engage 100,000 volunteers and attorneys “deployed across every battleground state” to monitor every ballot cast or counted, then engage “rapid response services” if irregularities are noticed. The volunteers will undergo training sessions for observing early voting, mail ballot processing, and election day voting.

“Having the right people to count the ballots is just as important as turning out voters on Election Day,” Trump commented in a press release about the new initiative. “Republicans are now working together to protect the vote and ensure a big win on November 5.”

The effort comes after the Trump campaign raised concerns about and filed lawsuits over election integrity following the 2020 election, during which many states saw participation in mail ballot processes swell as a result of lockdowns. Lawmakers in states such as Georgia enacted election security laws to increase voter confidence, a move which President Joe Biden and other Democratic officials criticized as “Jim Crow in the twenty-first century.”

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley nevertheless called the new election integrity program an initiative to preserve the “sanctity of our elections.” RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump likewise said that the initiative will attempt to monitor every ballot cast in battleground states.

The move comes two months after the former commander-in-chief called for a change in leadership for the Republican Party, which prompted former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to step down from her position. She had faced backlash from within the Republican Party for lackluster fundraising and electoral outcomes since she assumed the role in 2017. Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, had each received his endorsement.

Trump said before the change in leadership that the RNC must “be a good partner” in the upcoming election. “It must do the work we expect from the national Party and do it flawlessly,” he said. “That means helping to ensure fair and transparent elections across the country, getting out the vote everywhere, even in parts of the country where it won’t be easy, and working with my campaign, as the Republican presumptive nominee for President, to win this election.”