Justice Department sends about 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states
The Justice Department says it is deploying about 1,000 monitors and observers to polling sites in all 50 states on Election Day, its largest such effort, and a voting advocate calls it intimidation.
The Department of Justice said Tuesday it is sending election monitors to polling sites in all 50 states. The Hill reports the department's press release describes "its largest monitoring effort in history."
The release says about 1,000 monitors and observers are being deployed. The department says it is the first time they will be in every state. NBC News also reports this is a first.
CBS News reports the number is a record. It also quotes Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward, who called the deployment an "intimidation tactic."
NBC News says it is covering how monitors have worked in past elections and how they will operate during the midterms. The reports do not say what the monitors are authorized to do at polling sites.
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- CBS NewsDOJ sending 1,000 monitors to polling sites is an "intimidation tactic," voting advocate saysTue, Nov 3, 12:53 PM EST
- NBC NewsDOJ sending election monitors to all 50 states for the first time in U.S. historyTue, Nov 3, 4:11 PM EST
- The HillJustice Department: Election Day monitors deployed to every state for first timeTue, Nov 3, 4:37 PM EST
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