Justice Department Deploys 1,000 Election Monitors Nationwide

The Justice Department deployed approximately 1,000 election monitors and observers to selected jurisdictions across all 50 states on November 3, calling it the largest monitoring effort in the department’s history and its first to reach every state. The department said the monitors would assess compliance with federal voting-rights laws. The Civil Rights Division coordinated personnel drawn from its own ranks, other Justice Department components, U.S. attorneys’ offices and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management. The department said personnel would remain in contact with state and local election officials throughout Election Day. The work includes monitoring protections under the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act. The department also said its Disability Rights Section would assess access for voters with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, while its Criminal Section would enforce federal laws against specified forms of voter intimidation and suppression. The nationwide figure reflects deployment to selected jurisdictions, not every polling site. The Justice Department published a list of...