US Justice Department Deploys Election Monitors

The US Justice Department is deploying one thousand election monitors to all fifty states for historic oversight. Democrats criticize the plan as potential voter intimidation while officials cite voter access priorities.

A policeman keeps watch at the polling station, during the US midterm elections on Election Day in Lewiston, Maine, US, November 3, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The United States Department of Justice deployed 1,000 election monitors across all 50 states on Tuesday morning, marking the largest monitoring effort in the department's history. The deployment triples the observer count from the previous midterm election. More than two-thirds of the targeted jurisdictions supported Democrat Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.