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By Billal Rahman
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The Justice Department on Tuesday released a nationwide list of jurisdictions in every state where federal personnel are set to monitor voting in the midterm elections in what it called the "largest monitoring effort" in the department's history.
The operation, coordinated by the department’s Civil Rights Division, will deploy about 1,000 monitors and observers to monitor "compliance with the federal voting rights" laws, the release said. The department said personnel will also remain in contact with state and local election officials throughout Election Day.
“Election integrity has been one of the top priorities for this Administration and this Division,” assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice said. “I am very proud we are deploying the largest monitoring effort in DOJ history, and pursuing transparency for elections in an assertive and nondiscriminatory manner.”
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The Justice Department says its monitors assess whether jurisdictions are complying with federal voting-rights protections. What is different this year is the scale. The department said monitors and observers will be deployed in all 50 states for the first time. By comparison, 289 monitors were deployed for the 2022 midterms and 714 for the 2024 presidential election.
Personnel will come from the Civil Rights Division, other Justice Department components, U.S. attorneys’ offices, and the Office of Personnel Management, the DOJ said.
The Trump administration has clamped down on election enforcement, citing concerns about noncitizen voting and fraud. The plans drew scrutiny from voting-rights groups, including the NAACP, which sued in October seeking records and warning that the expanded federal presence could intimidate voters.
Where Justice Department Plans to Monitor or Observe
Alabama
- Jefferson
- Montgomery
- Mobile
Alaska
- Anchorage
- Dillingham
- Kusilvak
Arizona
- Maricopa
- Pima
- Apache
- Navajo
Arkansas
- Pulaski
- Washington
California
- Los Angeles
- Alameda
- Sacramento
- San Diego
Colorado
- Adams
Connecticut
- New Haven
Delaware
- New Castle
Florida
- Leon
- Hillsborough
- Miami Dade
- Broward
- Palm Beach
Georgia
- Cobb
- DeKalb
- Fulton
- Gwinnett
- Chatham
- Bibb
Hawaii
- Honolulu
Idaho
- Ada
Illinois
- Chicago
- Cook
- Champaign
- Sangamon
- St. Clair
- Madison
Indiana
- Lake
- Marion
Iowa
- Linn
- Polk
Kansas
- Johnson
- Wyandotte
- Sedgwick
Kentucky
- Fayette
- Jefferson
Louisiana
- Orleans
- East Baton Rouge
- Lafayette
Maine
- Lewiston
- Portland
- South Portland
Maryland
- Prince Georges
Massachusetts
- Lowell
- Boston
Michigan
- Lansing
- E. Lansing
- Grand Rapids
- Flint
- Detroit
- Hamtramck
- Warren
- Dearborn
Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- Hennepin
- Ramsey
Mississippi
- Lafayette
- Hinds
Missouri
- St. Louis
- Jackson
- Clay
Montana
- Yellowstone
Nebraska
- Douglas
Nevada
- Clark
New Hampshire
- Manchester
- Nashua
New Jersey
- Middlesex
- Bergen
- Union
New Mexico
- Bernalillo
New York
- New York
- Westchester
- Kings
- Albany
- Erie
North Carolina
- Alamance
- Mecklenburg
- Wake
North Dakota
- Cass
Ohio
- Cuyahoga
- Franklin
- Medina
Oklahoma
- Muskogee
- Tulsa
- Oklahoma
Oregon
- Multnomah
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Allegheny
- Luzerne
- Lehigh
Rhode Island
- Pawtucket
South Carolina
- Charleston
South Dakota
- Minnehaha
Tennessee
- Davidson
- Knox
- Shelby
Texas
- Bexar
- Dallas
- Harris
- Waller
- Blanco
- Bowie
- Nueces
Utah
- Salt Lake
Vermont
- Burlington
Virginia
- Charlottesville
- Fairfax
- Prince William
- Virginia Beach
Washington
- King
- Yakima
West Virginia
- Kanawha
Wisconsin
- Madison
- Milwaukee
Wyoming
- Laramie County
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