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U.S. Justice Department to monitor polling places in 27 states, including six Virginia localities
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to monitor compliance with federal voting laws in 27 states and 86 jurisdictions nationwide during Tuesday’s general elections. Six of those are in Virginia: Hanover, Henrico, Loudoun, and Prince William counties as well as the cities of Manassas and Manassas...
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to monitor compliance with federal voting laws in 27 states and 86 jurisdictions nationwide during Tuesday’s general elections.
Six of those are in Virginia: Hanover, Henrico, Loudoun, and Prince William counties as well as the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
This means that personnel from the department’s Civil Rights Division “will be available all day to receive questions and complaints … related to possible violations of federal voting rights laws,” according to a Nov. 1 DOJ news release. The agency will also “maintain contact with state and local election officials” throughout Election Day.
Henrico’s registrar Mark Coakley said that representatives from the DOJ had reached out late last week to inform his office that officials “would be coming by.”
“They didn’t say (which specific polling places) they were going, just Henrico in general,” he said in a call on Monday. “I expect the DOJ will spend more time at the malls or eating at local restaurants than actually finding anything wrong or out of the ordinary at our polling places.”
The department is monitoring complaints for possible violations of several laws including the Voting Rights Act, Help America Vote Act, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Civil Rights Acts, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the National Voter Registration Act.
So, the .gov is keeping an eye on Virginia because SCOTUS ruled in Virginia's favor.
They must be worried about the margins in the places listed.
They might have reason to be worried as they are all dem areas.