US Justice Department says FBI, ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors in midterms
The department said monitors will observe polling places and take notes, while barring firearms and law-enforcement duties amid voter-intimidation concerns.
- On Wednesday, the Justice Department said FBI and ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors during the midterm elections, addressing concerns over federal law enforcement presence at voting sites.
- The NAACP filed suit to bar law enforcement from monitoring, arguing the Trump administration's plans amount to voter intimidation as it pursues increasingly aggressive election oversight and voter-registration data collection.
- While FBI and ICE agents are excluded, the Justice Department confirmed employees from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ATF, DEA, and one CBP official will serve as monitors, prohibited from carrying firearms.
- Eric Neff, acting chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Voting Section, filed a declaration in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia confirming monitors will observe polling places and take notes.
- Scrutiny persists following two incidents involving federal agents near early voting sites in Florida; although the Trump administration claims no plans to patrol sites, President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out presence.
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US midterms: FBI, ICE agents will not serve as election monitors, DOJ says
The US Department of Justice has decided that FBI personnel will not oversee polling sites during upcoming elections. Concerns were raised regarding potential intimidation of voters, especially from minority communities. Civil rights groups, led by the NAACP, filed a lawsuit to prevent federal law enforcement at polling places. Federal election monitors will be present but will not have law enforcement powers.
The US Department of Justice has confirmed that FBI and ICE agents will not be observers at the election.
FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees will not be used as election observers during the US midterm elections next week, the US Department of Justice has announced.
Decision occurs after legal action by NAACP, which accuses the Trump government of trying to intimidate voters with lawsuit monitoring plans
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