The Justice Department has announced plans to send federal monitors to 27 states across the country to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws. This is an increase from the 18 states monitored during the 2020 election. The states on the list include Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
However, some Republican officials in certain states are refusing to allow these federal monitors inside local polling places. In Texas, for example, a spokesperson for the secretary of state stated that DOJ monitors are not authorized inside polling places, despite the department sending monitors to eight jurisdictions in the state.
