Wyoming Governor Rebukes 2 DOJ Election Monitors After Unannounced Primary Site Visit
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 28
Wyoming Governor Rebukes 2 DOJ Election Monitors After Unannounced Primary Site Visit
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 28
Summary
Two Justice Department election monitors arrived unannounced at a Cheyenne polling place around 7 a.m. during Wyoming’s primary last Tuesday, local officials said, and were blocked from interviewing voters or inspecting voting machines.
Gov. Mark Gordon called the visit “aggressive, unexpected, disruptive” and said the state would investigate, after county officials said the federal team gave no advance notice.
The pushback is unusual because the Justice Department regularly monitors elections, but Wyoming officials objected to what they described as intrusive conduct at the polling site.
The episode lands amid President Trump’s renewed fraud claims and his use of Justice Department resources to pursue unsubstantiated allegations of vote tampering ahead of November’s elections.