Election Protection: NAACP Warns of Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Agents to the Polls

Election Protection: NAACP Warns of Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Agents to the Polls

A federal judge ruled Monday night that DOJ poll monitors cannot be law enforcement officers with the power to make arrests.

Judge warns DOJ as lawyers waffle over Election Day monitors: ‘Hell to pay’

A federal judge warned the Justice Department Monday that there would be “hell to pay” for misleading his court as conflicting accounts emerged about who would monitor polls on Election Day.“I would have to hope and assume that an officer of the court would not misrepresent the reality of who these ...

Judge Warns ‘Hell to Pay’ If DOJ Misstated Role of Poll Monitors

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton said he is “struggling” with whether to grant an eleventh-hour bid by the NAACP to block the Justice Department from deploying personnel from federal law enforcement agencies to serve as poll monitors during the midterm election on Tuesday.

Election Protection: NAACP on Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Poll Monitors | WNYmedia Network - Buffalo, NY Reader

As President Donald Trump continues to cast doubt on the integrity of U.S. elections, signaling his intentions to challenge results unfavorable to Republicans, we go to Washington, D.C., where a federal judge ruled Monday night that the Department of Justice can deploy election monitors to polling sites across the country, as long as they are […] The post Election Protection: NAACP on Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Poll Monitors appea…

Judge Denies NAACP Bid on DOJ Election Monitors for NAACP election monitors

A Nov. 2 ruling denied emergency relief but required safeguards for DOJ election monitors and impacts NAACP election monitors' role in oversight.