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The Justice Department is sending voting rights monitors to 18 states Tuesday, including jurisdictions in the key battlegrounds of Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio.
Drawn from the department's Civil Rights Division, the monitors have been traditionally deployed on Election Day to guard against potential harassment, intimidation and discrimination.
Federal staffers will be sent to 44 jurisdictions in the 18 states, fewer than the 2016 effort overseen by the Obama administration, which deployed monitors to 67 jurisdictions in 28 states.
This year, tensions have been running particularly high, as President Donald Trump has repeatedly raised unsubstantiated claims about massive voter fraud while urging his own supporters to monitor voting locations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-sending-voting-rights-monitors-to-18-states-including-pennsylvania-florida-ohio/ar-BB1aCVNl?li=BBnb7Kz
Problem is this is Billy Barr's DOJ.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)aren't the same as Barr's ICE-thugs, but these days, who knows?
msongs
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(4,339 posts)crickets
(25,896 posts)Coconino County, Arizona;
Maricopa County, Arizona;
Navajo County, Arizona;
Los Angeles County, California;
Orange County, California;
Broward County, Florida;
Duval County, Florida;
Hillsborough County, Florida;
Miami-Dade County, Florida;
Orange County, Florida;
Palm Beach County, Florida;
Fulton County, Georgia;
Gwinnett County, Georgia;
City of Chicago, Illinois;
Cook County, Illinois;
Montgomery County, Maryland;
City of Boston, Massachusetts;
City of Lowell, Massachusetts;
City of Malden, Massachusetts;
City of Quincy, Massachusetts;
City of Springfield, Massachusetts;
City of Detroit, Michigan;
City of Eastpointe, Michigan;
City of Flint, Michigan;
City of Hamtramck, Michigan;
City of Highland Park, Michigan;
City of Jackson, Michigan;
Shelby Township, Michigan;
City of Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Bergen County, New Jersey;
Middlesex County, New Jersey;
Bernalillo County, New Mexico;
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;
Wake County, North Carolina;
Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;
Richland County, South Carolina;
Harris County, Texas;
Waller County, Texas;
Fairfax County, Virginia;
Prince William County, Virginia; and
City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As in past years, monitors will focus on compliance with the Voting Rights Act, and the other federal voting rights laws enforced by the division. Monitors will include civil rights personnel from the Civil Rights Division and civil rights and civil personnel from U.S. Attorneys Offices. Civil Rights Division personnel will also maintain contact with state and local election officials.
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