Civil rights advocates plan to send thousands of observers to midterm polling places

Election Watchers Prepare for Possible ICE Presence at Polling Sites

Phoenix, AZ — Voting-rights organizations, political groups and the Justice Department are preparing unusually large election-monitoring efforts ahead of the midterms, with some groups specifically training volunteers to watch for possible immigration enforcement near polling places. Living United for Change in Arizona, or LUCHA, has begun training “constitutional observers” to monitor polling environments and document activity that could intimi…

Civil rights advocates plan to send thousands of observers to midterm polling places

For many election cycles, civil rights groups and political parties have fanned out to monitor polling places, but the charged midterm environment has many organizations stepping up efforts this year.