Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey [View all]
Source: NYT
The Trump administration said on Friday that the Justice Department will monitor polling sites in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 election, amid requests by Republican Party officials in those states.
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The Justice Department said in a news release that personnel from the agency’s Civil Rights Division would be stationed at polling places and offices of registrars of voters “to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.”
The department said those workers would coordinate with the local U.S. attorney’s offices, but it did not specify how many observers would be deployed or the types of irregularities they would seek.
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In California, federal officials said monitors would be stationed in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties — three of the most heavily populated areas of Southern California — and across Fresno and Kern counties in the Central Valley. The targeted counties represent a population of some 17 million people and include some of the most heavily Latino areas of the state.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/doj-election-monitors-california-new-jersey.html
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