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DOJ tells court FBI, ICE won't serve as midterm poll monitors

A Justice Department declaration says only ATF, DEA, Bureau of Prisons and one CBP employee will monitor polling places Nov. 3, not FBI or ICE agents.

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What to know

  • DOJ's sworn court declaration says no FBI or ICE personnel are serving as election monitors for the Nov. 3 midterms, countering fears of immigration enforcement at polls.
  • Monitors will instead be drawn from ATF, DEA, the Bureau of Prisons and one detailed CBP employee, all unarmed and barred from acting as law enforcement while monitoring.
  • DOJ has not finalized or publicly released the list of polling locations it will monitor, citing risk to its monitoring operation, despite a pending NAACP FOIA suit.
  • The filing follows incidents of federal agents near Florida early-voting sites and comes as Trump administration officials have repeatedly declined to rule out federal agent presence at polls.

“The department has never said that it would send federal law enforcement to the polls. This is not new.”

DOJ spokesperson, Justice Department spokesperson · Newsweek ↗ · Oct 28

Eric Neff Acting chief, DOJ Civil Rights Division Voting SectionNAACP Plaintiff in FOIA lawsuit (NAACP v. Dhillon)Letitia JamesLetitia James New York Attorney GeneralDonald TrumpDonald Trump PresidentDepartment of Justice Federal agency overseeing election monitoring

DOJ tells court FBI, ICE won't serve as midterm poll monitors
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    Outlets report the no-FBI/ICE filing ahead of Election Day

    Bloomberg Law, the Baltimore Sun/Epoch Times, Newsweek, The Hill, ZeroHedge and Reuters all report on the Neff declaration, noting DOJ has not finalized or released the list of monitoring locations.

    “There will be no Federal Bureau of Investigation or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, much less agents, serving as monitors.”
    — Eric Neff, Acting chief, DOJ Voting Section · source
  2. background

    Neff declares no FBI or ICE agents will act as monitors — In a sworn declaration filed in the NAACP's FOIA suit, acting Voting Section chief Eric Neff states that monitors will instead come from the DEA, Bureau of Prisons, ATF and one detailed CBP employee, none of them armed or acting in a law-enforcement capacity.

  3. background

    DOJ confirms plan to send 1,000 monitors to all 50 states — The Justice Department confirms it will deploy about 1,000 workers to monitor polls nationwide for the Nov. 3 election, with a spokeswoman saying monitors will only observe and report potential violations.

  4. background

    NY AG James tells voters not to fear federal agents at polls — New York Attorney General Letitia James issues a statement saying armed federal agents are barred from polling places and that her office will protect every eligible voter.

  5. background

    NAACP sues DOJ for poll-monitor deployment records — The NAACP files a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking a list of all jurisdictions where DOJ plans to send election monitors and related records amid fears of immigration agents at polling sites.

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    Federal agents spotted near Florida early-voting sites — Two incidents involving federal immigration personnel, including U.S. Border Patrol in Leon County, near early voting locations in Florida raise concern, with one prompting a complaint to the FBI.

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