DOJ deploys election monitors across all 50 states for midterms

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 21:20 · Archive

The U.S. Department of Justice is deploying about 1,000 monitors across all 50 states for Tuesday's midterm elections.

The U.S. Department of Justice is deploying about 1,000 election monitors and observers across all 50 states for Tuesday's midterm elections, the first time it has monitored every state simultaneously. The DOJ calls this the 'largest monitoring effort in history'. In Arizona, the department plans to monitor or observe in Maricopa, Pima, Apache and Navajo counties.

Maricopa County election officials sought to ease concerns about the federal presence on Monday. Jennifer Liewer, the county's deputy elections director, said federal observers were also present during the primary and past elections. 'This is not unusual,' she stated. Kate Brophy McGee, the county's Board of Supervisors chair, said the county has 'backup plans to the backup plans'.

The DOJ says monitors will check for compliance with federal voting rights laws including the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. The monitors will also ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunity to vote under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

How it is being reported

• DOJ to monitor elections in all 50 states. Here’s where they’ll be in ArizonaThe U.S. Department of Justice is deploying election monitors in all 50 states for the first time, including Arizona, as voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s midterm elections.Azfamily · 3 Nov, 17:39
• DOJ to monitor elections in all 50 states. Here’s where they’ll be in ArizonaThe U.S. Department of Justice is deploying election monitors in all 50 states for the first time, including Arizona, as voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s midterm elections.KOLD · 3 Nov, 17:39

In this story: U.S. Department of Justice · Arizona · Maricopa County · Jennifer Liewer · Kate Brophy McGee

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