Feds Sending Election Monitors to Boston, New Bedford for September Primary
Harmeet Dhillon said the monitors will review voting access, language rules and polling-place operations as the DOJ cites federal election-law compliance.
- The Justice Department will deploy election monitors to 15 jurisdictions across six states—Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia—during this summer's primary elections.
- Escalating its campaign to reshape state-run elections, the Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal terrorism-prevention funds and pursue criminal charges against officials who fail to adopt new voting practices before the 2026 midterms.
- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said monitors will assess polling-place operations and language-access requirements. Dhillon noted monitors were deployed to 27 jurisdictions in 2024, though local officials argue this year's effort carries a 'different tone.'
- Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin denounced the move as 'far more adversarial,' while Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel pledged to hold accountable anyone attempting to intimidate election workers.
- Courts have rejected over 10 similar recent attempts by the DOJ to obtain detailed voter information from 30 states, prompting legal experts to warn the federal push may manufacture chaos rather than ensure integrity.
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ussanews.comArizona Among Six States To Receive DOJ Election Monitors Ahead Of Primary
Arizona will be among six states where the U.S. Department of Justice plans to deploy election monitors during the 2026 primary season, according to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon. Dhillon said in an interview on The Joe Pags Show that the DOJ will monitor at least 15 jurisdictions in Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia during upcoming primary elections. In Arizona, she identified…
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Feds sending election monitors to Boston, New Bedford for September primary
BOSTON — The Department of Justice is sending election monitors to two Massachusetts cities this year for the September primary, with the Bay State among five other states where federal monitors will be observing voter activity. The directive was announced…
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