DOJ to monitor polls in 27 states for compliance with voting rights laws

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

5 hours ago


The Justice Department announced Friday it will monitor polls in 27 states for compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day.

The big picture: Although the DOJ regularly monitors polls, unprecedented steps are being taken to protect election workers and ballots as concerns mount about voter intimidation, fraud and even violence at the polls.

A series of arson attacks on ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington have reemphasized questions about security on Election Day.

Zoom in: The DOJ said it will monitor 86 jurisdictions on Tuesday.

The Justice Department, which enforces federal voting rights laws, regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance during elections.

Tuesday's effort will be coordinated by the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, which will maintain contact with state and local election officials throughout the day.

Monitors will include those working in the Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorneys' Office and the Office of Personnel Management.

Zoom out: Republican lawmakers in Missouri and Florida are seeking to block the DOJ from polling sites.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/01/election-day-polls-monitor-doj

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Link to DOJ PRESS RELEASE - Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 27 States for Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws

LIST FROM THE PRESS RELEASE

For the general election, the department will monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day in 86 jurisdictions, including:

Bethel Census Area, Alaska;

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska;

Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska;

North Slope Borough, Alaska;

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska;

Apache County, Arizona;

Maricopa County, Arizona;

Pima County, Arizona;

Yuma County, Arizona;

San Joaquin County, California;

Broward County, Florida;

Miami-Dade County, Florida;

Orange County, Florida;

Osceola County, Florida;

Cobb County, Georgia;

DeKalb County, Georgia;

Fulton County, Georgia;

Gwinnett County, Georgia;

Macon-Bibb County, Georgia;

Jefferson County, Kentucky;

Kenton County, Kentucky;

City of Everett, Massachusetts;

City of Fitchburg, Massachusetts;

City of Leominster, Massachusetts;

City of Lowell, Massachusetts;

City of Malden, Massachusetts;

City of Methuen, Massachusetts;

City of Quincy, Massachusetts;

City of Salem, Massachusetts;

Prince George’s County, Maryland;

City of Ann Arbor, Michigan;

City of Detroit, Michigan;

City of Flint, Michigan;

City of Grand Rapids, Michigan;

City of Hamtramck, Michigan;

City of Warren, Michigan;

Hennepin County, Minnesota;

City of Minneapolis, Minnesota;

Ramsey County, Minnesota;

Covington County, Mississippi;

Scott County, Mississippi;

Warren County, Mississippi;

City of St. Louis, Missouri;

Blaine County, Montana;

Alamance County, North Carolina;

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;

Wake County, North Carolina;

Bergen County, New Jersey;

Middlesex County, New Jersey;

Union County, New Jersey;

Bernalillo County, New Mexico;

Cibola County, New Mexico;

Clark County, Nevada;

Queens, New York;

Cuyahoga County, Ohio;

Portage County, Ohio;

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania;

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;

City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island;

City of Providence, Rhode Island;

City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island;

Charleston County, South Carolina;

Bennett County, South Dakota;

Jackson County, South Dakota;

Minnehaha County, South Dakota;

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota;

Atascosa County, Texas;

Bexar County, Texas;

Dallas County, Texas;

Frio County, Texas;

Harris County, Texas;

Hays County, Texas;

Palo Pinto County, Texas;

Waller County, Texas;

San Juan County, Utah;

Hanover County, Virginia;

Henrico County, Virginia;

Loudoun County, Virginia;

City of Manassas, Virginia;

City of Manassas Park, Virginia;

Prince William County, Virginia;

Town of Lawrence (Rusk County), Wisconsin;

City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

Town of Thornapple, Wisconsin; and

City of Wausau, Wisconsin.

[Think. Again.]

1. I'm VERY glad to see this....

I'm also curious as to how these particular locations were chosen for on-site monitoring, some of these locations seem like places where no particular problem might be expected.

I also wonder if, in addition to these on-site location-dedicated monitors, the justice department will have the mobile staff needed to respond to calls of civil rights violations in locations where they have not dedicated any monitors.

And I felt this paragraph should be repeated...

On Election Day, Civil Rights Division personnel will be available all day to receive questions and complaints from the public related to possible violations of federal voting rights laws. Reports may be made through the department’s website www.civilrights.justice.gov or by calling toll-free at 800-253-3931.

Also, it seems the state of Florida has to much to hide to let the doj do this on THEIR turf...

Fla. Sec. State sends letter to DOJ saying federal election monitors will not be allowed inside polling sites...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219639641

[ananda]

2. Thank God to see this for Harris County!

And other places in Texas as well!

[ailsagirl]

3. GOOD!! n/t

[gay texan]

4. Holy shit!!

This is stunning!

[House of Roberts]

5. If MAGAts think they are going to stop them from monitoring,

I hope they bring Federal LEO with them to arrest them on the spot, including Abbott's Gestapo agents if they try any strongarm tactics.

[BootinUp]

6. MAGAt's are mostly talk I understand. And the crazies will lose control and be arrested. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. I am glad that the DOJ will be in Waller County Texas

That county is rubbed by racists who do not want non-whites to vote

[Sucha NastyWoman]

14. Is that where Prarie View A&M is?

It’s an HBCU.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Yes that is where a HbCU is located

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. Once again, Merrick Garland is dragging his feet

He should have been monitoring the polls a year ago, not at the last minute just before election day, amirite?

[BadgerKid]

9. Hopefully this is just the announced list

Why should the DOj show all their cards?

[LauraInLA]

10. Wasn't there an article recently about Texas refusing to allow federal poll watchers inside polling places?

[summer_in_TX]

11. Wow! I'm in Hays County, Texas!

I know there's an Aryan Brotherhood element in these parts. This is where the Biden-Harris campaign bus was forced off of Interstate 35 back in 2020. It's a purple county – more bluish purple on the east side of the county where we have Texas State University students and staff, and more reddish purple on the south and western side of the county.

But I've taken the possibility of issues in my town as pretty small.

Hope the presence of the monitors helps our election go smoothly!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Florida is attempting to block federal monitoring

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Texas is attempting to block federal monitoring of elections

Link to tweet

[Sucha NastyWoman]

20. It will be interesting to see how this gets resolved

Hope the DOJ doesn’t cave

[LeftInTX]

21. They have been blocked in FL

This was decided by SCOTUS in 2013

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia will be involved

Link to tweet

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Why does blue Massachusetts have the most?

Weird.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. All those racists in towns all around Boston

(remember the "bussing" mess in the '70s, which triggered a "white flight" - Nearly 50 years after the Boston busing crisis, a new initiative examines its history and legacy)

[FailureToCommunicate]

17. Yes, I do remember. But our elections have never

been dinged for shenanigans.
So, again, it’s weird and a waste of deployed resources.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I went to UMASS and my mom's sister married into a family from over on that eastern side of the state

45 has called up ALL the scum of the United States to rise up and they are doing so, including right there in MA (not that they ever went away).

As a note - DOJ has a sort of "standard list" but will add when referred and apparently they got referrals from there.

[republianmushroom]

23. Good

[oasis]

24. Biden admin. No monkey business this time around!!!