Justice Department Plans Election Monitoring in All 50 States

Politics · First reported 3 Nov, 13:02 · Updated 13:22

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The Justice Department said it would deploy about 1,000 election monitors and observers across all 50 states. The department described the effort as the largest Election Day monitoring effort in history; Axios also connected it to earlier court rejections of DOJ efforts to require voting restrictions.

The Justice Department said it would deploy about 1,000 election monitors or observers to all 50 states.
Axios situated the plan after courts repeatedly rejected DOJ efforts to require states to restrict voting; a separate Straits Times headline described the election as a contest over control of Congress and Trump’s power.

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Key facts

Agency: U.S. Department of Justice
Planned personnel: About 1,000 monitors and observers
Coverage: All 50 states
Date stated: Nov. 3
Department’s characterization: Largest Election Day monitoring effort in history