California Deploys Observers Against 1,000 DOJ Election Monitors as Supreme Court Rejects 20,000-Ballot Bid
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 4
California Deploys Observers Against 1,000 DOJ Election Monitors as Supreme Court Rejects 20,000-Ballot Bid
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 4
Summary
Rob Bonta said California will place its own election observers alongside federal teams, arguing the Justice Department’s unusually large monitoring operation could intimidate voters.
1,000 DOJ monitors were sent nationwide — the department’s largest election deployment ever and its first across all 50 states — with California teams assigned to Los Angeles, Alameda, Sacramento and San Diego.
Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Division said the monitors will observe election practices, protect voting rights, check disability access and investigate possible fraud after the fact, not intervene directly at polling places.
Tuesday’s rollout appeared calm, with no major public confrontations reported, even as many states limit how close monitors can get and the DOJ says it will follow local rules.
The move came a day after the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s push to make California segregate ballots from 20,000 voters the DOJ suspects are noncitizens.