Justice Department to send record 1,000 monitors to polling places for midterm elections
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The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections. Jen Fifield, reporter for ProPublica, joins CBS News to discuss.
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Justice Department plans to send about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall
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DOJ deploying 1,000 poll monitors for midterms, official says
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Justice Department to send record 1,000 monitors to polling places for midterm elections
The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors to watch voting during the midterm elections in November, a historic figure for a Republican administration, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.
The Trump administration announced on Monday that it plans to deploy around 1,000 poll monitors nationwide in the 2026 midterm elections. The monitors’ role is not to intervene but to observe the process, ensure it is carried out fairly, and follow up on any investigations, according to the Justice …
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to deploy 1,000 poll monitors during the midterm elections to ensure that several laws are upheld throughout the voting process. DOJ has already deployed more than 75 monitors across five states and more than 200 polling locations this primary season, acco…
The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections. Jen Fifield, reporter for ProPublica, joins CBS News to discuss.
The Justice Department is preparing to send roughly 1,000 federal election monitors across the country for the November midterm elections, an effort Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says could be one of the largest of its kind under a Republican administration.
The Department of Justice plans to send out a record 1,000 federal monitors to polling sites across the U.S., a higher number than is usual. CBS News' Sarah Lynch explains what's behind the push.
