Justice Department sends team to monitor Minnesota primary elections
Minnesota will monitor seven federal observer teams to ensure they stay outside polling-place boundaries and comply with Voting Rights Act rules.
- On Tuesday, Minnesota deployed state observers to monitor federal Justice Department poll watchers at polling sites in Hennepin and Ramsey counties after local authorities denied the DOJ access to enter the stations.
- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said the state will monitor federal observers to ensure compliance with state law, citing concerns about potential intimidation following recent federal agent operations in the state.
- The Justice Department, which previously deployed staff in 2020, 2022 and 2024, stated the monitors aim to ensure Voting Rights Act compliance, though Hennepin and Ramsey counties restricted them to remaining 100 yards from any polling location.
- Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty confirmed they are prepared to prosecute any threats or voter intimidation, while officials emphasized that participating in interviews with plainclothes DOJ staff is entirely voluntary.
- With more than 200,000 ballots already cast, Tuesday's primary election is expected to see record turnout exceeding 22%, as voters head to polls opening at 7 a.m. to participate in the high-stakes contest.
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Justice Department sends team to monitor Minnesota primary elections
The Justice Department (DOJ) deployed staff to monitor several polling sites in two of Minnesota's largest counties during the state’s primary election on Tuesday. Around 20 people from the voting section of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division are participating in this effort at voting centers in Hennepin County and Ramsey County, the DOJ said.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon addresses DOJ monitoring of polling sites
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaks Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 before a public accuracy test of voting equipment ahead of the primary election at the elections office at Dakota County Administration Center in Hastings, Minnesota. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that its Civil Rights Division is monitoring polling sites in in Hennepin and Ramsey counties for the state’s primary elect…
Feds to monitor Minnesota election
From a press release this morning, Justice Department to Conduct Election Monitoring in Minnesota Primary Election. Details, The DOJ, through the Civil Rights Division, enforces federal voting laws which protect the voting rights of all eligible citizens. The DOJ regularly deploys staff to monitor compliance with federal civil rights laws in communities across the country, as it did in Minnesota in the 2020, 2022, and 2024 federal elections. T…
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