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   The Justice Department announced Friday it will monitor polling sites in   
   six counties in California and New Jersey ahead of November 4 elections,   
   as voters prepare to cast their ballots in less than two weeks.   
      
   The department said the move, which focuses on two Democratic-led   
   states, will “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with   
   federal law.”   
      
   “Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral   
   process, and this Department of Justice is committed to upholding the   
   highest standards of election integrity,” Attorney General Pam Bondi   
   said in a statement.   
      
   The practice of sending federal election monitors to local jurisdictions   
   dates back decades, though President Donald Trump has tried to assert   
   new authority over elections.   
      
   Friday’s move comes after the Republican parties of California and New   
   Jersey both sent letters to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights   
   Division requesting monitors in certain counties and alleging election   
   irregularities.   
      
   Nearly five years after the 2020 election, the debunked conspiracy that   
   Trump was robbed of the election due to massive voter fraud is still   
   embraced by many in the Republican Party.   
      
   Justice Department officials will now be sent to Passaic County in New   
   Jersey and the following counties in California: Kern, Riverside,   
   Fresno, Orange and Los Angeles.   
      
   CNN has reached out to these counties’ election departments for comment.   
      
   Los Angeles County Clerk Dean Logan said in a statement, “The presence   
   of election observers is not unusual and is a standard practice across   
   the country.”   
      
   “Federal election monitors, like all election observers, are welcome to   
   view election activities at designated locations to confirm transparency   
   and integrity in the election process,” Logan added. “California has   
   very clear laws and guidelines that support observation and prohibit   
   election interference.”   
      
   Fresno County Clerk James Kus told CNN the Justice Department “has not   
   contacted” him about the monitoring.   
      
   “The Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters welcomes all observers for   
   our elections,” Kus added. “It is common for us to have local, state,   
   federal, and sometimes international observers, watching how we   
   administer elections that are accessible, accurate, secure, and   
   transparent.”   
      
   Enedina Chhim, community outreach manager for the Orange County   
   Registrar of Voters, told CNN that the department was notified by the US   
   Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California that two   
   attorneys from that office will be observing elections in the county   
   from November 4 to 7.   
      
   “Orange County elections are always transparent,” Chhim added.   
      
   Since the president’s return to office, the Trump administration has   
   taken several steps to assert a larger federal role in elections ahead   
   of next year’s midterms.   
      
   The Justice Department is demanding that states hand over information   
   about their voters – including sensitive personal data, such as partial   
   Social Security numbers – as they hunt for examples of fraud.   
      
   Trump has also sought to require voters to show proof of citizenship to   
   vote, attempting an end-run around states and Congress. He recently   
   pledged to act unilaterally to impose voter identification requirements   
   on states and to end most mail-in voting, which would upend a safe and   
   reliable voting method used by millions of Americans.   
      
   The president also signed an executive order earlier this year, seeking   
   broad changes in how elections are run, although the Constitution   
   primarily vests states with that power. Parts of the order have been   
   blocked in court.   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/doj-monitor-polling-sites-califor   
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