DOJ tells judge it can exclude sworn officers from Election Day poll monitors
Elections · Curated reporting
Source report: 2026-11-03 · Event: 2026-11-02
Read original story ↗Facing an NAACP challenge, the Justice Department told Judge Reggie Walton it could exclude sworn law enforcement officers from Election Day monitoring. Its lawyer said employees from the DEA, ATF and Bureau of Prisons would be administrative or clerical staff. Walton questioned the consistency of that account with an earlier declaration. The department subsequently announced roughly 1,000 monitors and observers across all 50 states.
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