Fayetteville, North Carolina (CNN) As Donald Trump warns of a "rigged" system fueled by voter fraud and other irregularities, some private citizens have taken it upon themselves to protect the nation from what they see as the potential for a stolen election. Michael Hyers, an Air Force retiree from Fayetteville, North Carolina, has spent hours upon hours combing through records, cross-checking addresses and submitting thousands of challenges to voter registrations in an effort to purge voter rolls at the local Cumberland County elections board. He claims to have removed 6,000 people from voter rolls since 2014. He believes it is his duty.Michael Hyers has submitted thousands of challenges to voter registrationsThe challenges submitted by Hyers and his group became part of a federal lawsuit
Multiple county officials did not to respond to CNN's request for comment regarding how they proceed when private residents such as _ challenge registered individuals' eligibility to vote.