Justice Department's Election Monitoring Initiative

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A series of developments regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's plans to deploy large numbers of poll monitors across multiple elections, reflecting ongoing scrutiny of electoral processes under the current administration.

DHS Secretary Mullin says ICE could deploy to polling sites on warrants

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that federal immigration officers could be deployed to polling places across the country to serve an arrest warrant or respond to a threat at a polling site, on the…

2026-09-01 · 4 MIN READ

Wyoming attorney general investigates DOJ poll monitors flagged as 'aggressive'

Wyoming Attorney General Keith Kautz is investigating how two U.S. Department of Justice officials monitored poll workers and observed voters in the state's most populous county during the Aug. 18 primary, a spokesperson for Republican…

2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READ

Justice Department targets 1,000 poll monitors for November midterms

The Justice Department aims to deploy roughly 1,000 election monitors at polling places for November's midterm elections, a target that voting rights experts and former department officials said the agency is unlikely to reach. Harmeet…

2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READ

Maine governor candidate confirms audio on federal agents at polls

Maine's Republican candidate for governor confirmed an audio recording in which he discussed deploying federal agents to polling places.
In the recording, the candidate said he would ask Trump's border czar to deploy U.S. marshals and ICE agents to polling places to ensure only legal voters cast ballots.
President Donald Trump and his allies continue to make claims about voting by noncitizens ahead of the November midterm elections.
Trump is pushing the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens.
The Census Bureau promoted a report claiming thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 presidential election, which the Associated Press described as "dubious."
The Department of Homeland Security has asserted without evidence that 250,000 noncitizens may be registered to vote in four states.

2026-08-29 · 3 MIN READ

Justice Department plans about 1,000 poll monitors for fall elections

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send about 1,000 poll monitors to elections this fall, including primary contests in Florida and Wyoming on Tuesday. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department's…

2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READ