Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024 | CNN Politics

Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith unsealed a court filing detailing how the Trump campaign tried to overturn the 2020 election.

Some of the strategies Trump and his allies deployed four years ago have been fine-tuned in 2024 .

Republicans say they have been focused on recruiting an unprecedented number of attorneys and poll watchers who they say can be ready to monitor the election.

In 2020 , the Trump campaign embraced an evolving set of fraud allegations that were never backed up by hard evidence, Smith ’s filing lays out.

Among them: shifting numbers of noncitizens Trump allies claimed had voted in the 2020 election.

Republicans continue to beat the drum that mass noncitizen voting is a major problem heading into 2024 .

Democrats and voting rights activists are sounding the alarm over new attempts by state and local officials to try to delay or outright decline to certify election results this year .

Republicans and Democrats enacted stronger guardrails on the congressional certification process.

In 2022 , Congress updated the Electoral Count Act, a vague 19th century law that Trump tried to lean on as he pressured Pence to overturn the election results.