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DOJ official denies plan to deploy 1,000 monitors differs from past practice

A top Justice Department official has denied that the department's plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors is any different from its practices in past races.

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Marc Elias on Bluesky
“Marc Elias on Bluesky: A top official has denied that DOJ’s plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors is any different from its practice”, Thursday, October 29, 2026
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What happened

A top DOJ official has denied that the department's plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors differs from its practices in past races. The denial comes as the Trump administration is bringing what Marc Elias describes as unprecedented and baseless lawsuits to intimidate election officials.1

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election monitors the DOJ plans to deploy1
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OverviewUpdates In depthIowa Secretary of State said 2026 election will be secure In depthNearly 90% of absentee ballots in Iowa had been returned by late October In depthIowa law gives workers up to two hours off to vote with approval In depthDOJ official said 1,000 election monitors will be deployed for midterms In depthArizona Proposition 144 would change mail-in voting rules In depthJustice Department requested to send election monitors to Virginia In depthKalamazoo County opened four early voting sites through Sunday In depthAlabama reminded voters of Election Day rules on phones and selfies In depthAlabama county added eighth vehicle registration kiosk In depth933,000 mail ballots returned in Pennsylvania as of October 28 In depthFlorida directed voters to state site to check registration In depthOhio voters to decide on adding photo ID requirement to constitution

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  1. Marc Elias on Bluesky, https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3myznqhoifk2n · Thursday, October 29, 2026

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