GOP governor says he asked Attorney General to look into ‘aggressive’ DOJ election observers
Gov. Mark Gordon said two Justice Department attorneys monitoring Wyoming’s primary election were not properly disclosed to local officials.
- On Wednesday, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon raised concerns about "aggressive" and "irregular" conduct by Department of Justice election monitors who observed the state's primary elections on August 18, 2026.
- The Department of Justice dispatched two attorneys to Laramie County without informing state and local officials beforehand, leaving Gordon and other Wyoming leadership out of the loop.
- Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee called the conduct "a poorly managed exercise," noting monitors asked questions she deemed "outside the scope of federal voting rights laws" regarding poll worker training and election equipment.
- Gordon has asked the Wyoming Attorney General to investigate the visits, asserting the monitors' "behavior seemed to exceed what the authority that Congress had given them was."
- The Justice Department has deployed over 80 monitors across seven states during this primary season, with plans to expand to roughly 1,000 personnel nationwide for November elections.
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Wyoming Governor Asks State Attorney General to Investigate DOJ Election Observers
Gordon said state and local election officials were not aware of the election monitors' arrival. (Rick Bowmer/AP)Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said he asked the state attorney general to “start looking into” the conduct of Justice Department election observers deployed to the state for last week’s primary election.“It sounded like the behavior of the observers was a bit aggressive,” Gordon told the state canvassing board on Wednesday, according to NB…
WY Gov Concerned Over DOJ’s Election Monitors
NBC News reports: Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon expressed concern Wednesday over how election observers from the U.S. Justice Department observed the state’s primaries last week, saying it was “aggressive” and “irregular.” “It sounded like the behavior of the observers was a bit aggressive,” he said at a state canvassing board meeting Wednesday. “It just was irregular and I have asked the attorney general to start looking into, you know, k…
Wyoming GOP governor calls DOJ primary election monitoring 'aggressive'
Gov. Mark Gordon (R-WY) raised concerns Wednesday about what he described as “aggressive” and “irregular” conduct by federal officials dispatched to observe last week’s primary election. “It sounded like the behavior of the observers was a bit aggressive,” Gordon said during a Wednesday meeting of the State Canvassing Board. “It just was irregular, and I have asked the attorney general to start looking into, you know, kind of the nature of the v…
“Wyoming’s Republican governor raises concerns over ‘aggressive’ DOJ election monitors”
NBC News: Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon expressed concern Wednesday over how election observers from the U.S. Justice Department observed the state’s primaries last week, saying it was “aggressive” and “irregular.” “It sounded like the behavior of the observers was… Continue reading The post “Wyoming’s Republican governor raises concerns over ‘aggressive’ DOJ election monitors” appeared first on Election Law Blog.
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