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Get the Facts: Can federal agents be at polling places? What voters should know
The Justice Department says monitors will observe possible voting-law violations as civil rights groups challenge armed agents near polls.
- The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors nationwide for this year's midterms to observe and report on potential Federal voting law violations.
- Congressional observers and monitors maintain distinct roles and rules; many require permission from state or local officials to enter a polling place.
- Federal law prohibits intimidation or coercion intended to interfere with voting, though an agent's presence alone does not establish intimidation.
- If voters feel intimidated, they should not confront agents but instead contact local election offices or call the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
- President Donald Trump stated he would do "anything necessary" to ensure honest elections, while Homeland Security officials denied plans to send immigration agents.
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