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Trump DOJ will send federal monitors to Multnomah County on Election Day
- The U.S. Department of Justice notified local officials this week that election monitors will be deployed to jurisdictions in Washington, Oregon, and Maine for the November 3 midterms.
- Officials described the deployment as 'routine election monitoring the department has done for decades,' aimed at ensuring compliance with the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Monitors serve strictly as observers and are prohibited from interacting with voters, handling ballots, or interfering with election processes, according to department statements and state law.
- Local election commissioners are reviewing the federal presence to ensure adherence to state rules, with officials emphasizing that monitors must maintain at least 100 feet distance from polling locations.
- Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division, characterized this as the 'largest monitoring effort' in the agency's history, with the department planning to deploy up to 1,000 observers nationwide on Election Day.
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Thousands of Observers Are Expected to Descend on Polling Places to Monitor the Vote on Election Day
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day driven by concerns that President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the federal government to interfere with a midterm that could hobble his final two years in office. They won’t be the only...
·New York, United States
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Independent EspañolDemocrats and surveillance groups are preparing for a massive deployment in the elections, in the face of fears of interference from the president with federal resources.The Justice Department and Republican groups are also planning to monitor, creating an unprecedented scenario in recent electoral history.
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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