The Division of Justice has introduced that it’ll monitor polls in 86 jurisdictions all through 27 states on election day for “compliance with federal voting rights legal guidelines.”
The company’s Civil Rights Division will coordinate the hassle.
Republican lawmakers in Missouri and Florida try to bar the company from polling locations, accusing them of “overstepping its authority and utilizing its screens to punish purple states which have tightened voter identification legal guidelines,” in line with a report from the Washington Submit.
In a press launch, the DOJ stated, “Displays will embody personnel from the Civil Rights Division, different division divisions, U.S. Legal professional’s Workplaces and federal observers from the Workplace of Personnel Administration. All through Election Day, division personnel will preserve contact with state and native election officers.”
“The Civil Rights Division’s Voting Part enforces the civil provisions of federal statutes that defend the best to vote, together with the Voting Rights Act, Nationwide Voter Registration Act, Assist America Vote Act, Uniformed and Abroad Residents Absentee Voting Act and Civil Rights Acts,” the press launch continued.
The press launch added, “The division’s Incapacity Rights Part enforces the People with Disabilities Act (ADA) to make sure that individuals with disabilities have a full and equal alternative to vote. The division’s Legal Part enforces federal legal statutes that prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based mostly on race, shade, nationwide origin or faith.”
Jurisdictions being monitored embody:
Bethel Census Space, Alaska;
Dillingham Census Space, Alaska;
Kusilvak Census Space, Alaska;
North Slope Borough, Alaska;
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska;
Apache County, Arizona;
Maricopa County, Arizona;
Pima County, Arizona;
Yuma County, Arizona;
San Joaquin County, California;
Broward County, Florida;
Miami-Dade County, Florida;
Orange County, Florida;
Osceola County, Florida;
Cobb County, Georgia;
DeKalb County, Georgia;
Fulton County, Georgia;
Gwinnett County, Georgia;
Macon-Bibb County, Georgia;
Jefferson County, Kentucky;
Kenton County, Kentucky;
Metropolis of Everett, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Fitchburg, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Leominster, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Lowell, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Malden, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Methuen, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Quincy, Massachusetts;
Metropolis of Salem, Massachusetts;
Prince George’s County, Maryland;
Metropolis of Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Metropolis of Detroit, Michigan;
Metropolis of Flint, Michigan;
Metropolis of Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Metropolis of Hamtramck, Michigan;
Metropolis of Warren, Michigan;
Hennepin County, Minnesota;
Metropolis of Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Ramsey County, Minnesota;
Covington County, Mississippi;
Scott County, Mississippi;
Warren County, Mississippi;
Metropolis of St. Louis, Missouri;
Blaine County, Montana;
Alamance County, North Carolina;
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;
Wake County, North Carolina;
Bergen County, New Jersey;
Middlesex County, New Jersey;
Union County, New Jersey;
Bernalillo County, New Mexico;
Cibola County, New Mexico;
Clark County, Nevada;
Queens, New York;
Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
Portage County, Ohio;
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;
Metropolis of Pawtucket, Rhode Island;
Metropolis of Windfall, Rhode Island;
Metropolis of Woonsocket, Rhode Island;
Charleston County, South Carolina;
Bennett County, South Dakota;
Jackson County, South Dakota;
Minnehaha County, South Dakota;
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota;
Atascosa County, Texas;
Bexar County, Texas;
Dallas County, Texas;
Frio County, Texas;
Harris County, Texas;
Hays County, Texas;
Palo Pinto County, Texas;
Waller County, Texas;
San Juan County, Utah;
Hanover County, Virginia;
Henrico County, Virginia;
Loudoun County, Virginia;
Metropolis of Manassas, Virginia;
Metropolis of Manassas Park, Virginia;
Prince William County, Virginia;
City of Lawrence (Rusk County), Wisconsin;
Metropolis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
City of Thornapple, Wisconsin; and
Metropolis of Wausau, Wisconsin.
