Justice Department Notifies Counties of Plans to Monitor Elections

DOJ election monitoring is drawing fresh concern amid unprecedented Trump administration efforts to gain control over elections.

AI-written summary · The Chestnut Post · October 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT · How we use AI

Justice Department Notifies Counties of Plans to Monitor Elections

The Justice Department has begun contacting counties where it wants to send election monitors.

The department has deployed monitors for many years. But unprecedented efforts by the Trump administration to gain control over elections have raised new concerns about the monitoring program this year.

Originally reported by NPR. Read the full story at NPR

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