washington<u+2014>the republican national committee on wednesday told a federal judge it wasn<u+2019>t coordinating with gop presidential candidate donald trump on poll-watching or ballot-security measures, disputing allegations made by democrats. the rnc made a legal filing in federal court in new jersey, where it is subject to a three-decade-old legal settlement restricting such activities. u.s. district judge john michael vazquez had ordered the rnc to disclose any agreements , written or oral, it has with the trump campaign. <u+201c>there are no such agreements,<u+201d> the rnc said in a four-page submission. democrats last week alleged the rnc was in violation of the settlement, citing among other things a statement by mr. trump<u+2019>s running mate, indiana gov. mike pence, from the campaign trail that the rnc and the trump campaign were working closely with state officials on ballot-integrity issues. the rnc in wednesday<u+2019>s filing said gov. pence made the statement based on <u+201c>incorrect assumptions.<u+201d> the committee also said trump campaign manager kellyanne conway had retracted a statement she made previously suggesting the rnc might be assisting the campaign in monitoring voting precincts.<u+00a0>ms. conway has no knowledge of any rnc involvement in poll-watching activities, it told the judge. a hearing in the case is scheduled for friday. the long-running settlement came from a lawsuit in the early 1980s that alleged the rnc engaged in efforts to interrogate and intimidate black voters. meanwhile, a san francisco-based federal appeals court said a large roster of judges would reconsider a democratic challenge to a gop-backed law in arizona that makes it a crime for get-out-the-vote operatives to collect and deliver absentee ballots filled out by voters.<u+00a0> a divided three-judge panel on the court had upheld the state law . write to brent kendall at brent.kendall@wsj.com
rnc says it isn<u+2019>t working with trump campaign on ballot security  - wsj
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