The U.S. Department of Justice has announced plans to deploy a record number of election monitors during the upcoming November midterm elections.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division revealed that approximately 1,000 observers will be stationed at polling locations to ensure free and fair voting procedures.
Dhillon clarified that the monitors will observe but will not intervene unless their support is required for an investigation. The election observers will function under the same legal authority as other election monitors permitted by state law.
“We just did it in the primary,” Dhillon stated in a Monday interview. “We will do it to the tune of approximately 1,000 election monitors in the November election. This is something that DOJ does.”
Dhillon also emphasized the administration’s respect for state laws: “We reach out to the states. If their perimeter is 150 yards, we respect that.”
Additionally, Dhillon highlighted concerns regarding non-citizen voting: “Noncitizen voting depresses citizens from turning out to vote because they believe there’s a lack of integrity in the process.”
