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UpdateNationalFriday, October 30, 2026

DOJ will deploy 1,000 election monitors but not disclose locations

The Department of Justice announced monitors for the midterm but declined to make the list of locations public.

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Democracy Docket
“Here’s where the DOJ will deploy election monitors during the midterms”, Friday, October 30, 2026
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What happened

The Department of Justice will deploy 1,000 election monitors across the country for the midterm election but has refused to publicly disclose the specific locations, instead notifying state and local officials directly. News reports from 21 states reveal the deployments are concentrated in Democratic strongholds, including Philadelphia County and Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon cited election security rather than the traditional focus on federal voting rights laws.1

1,000
election monitors to be deployed1
21 states
where deployments have been reported1
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  1. Democracy Docket, https://democracydocket.com/news-alerts/heres-where-the-doj-will-deploy-election-monitors-during-the-midterms · Friday, October 30, 2026

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