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Justice Department to send a record 1,000 monitors to midterm polling places

First publishedAug 18, 16:14 UTC
Last updatedAug 19, 11:34 UTC · 13m ago
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The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections.

Reported by 2 outlets — CBS News, CBS Politics. See all sources ↓

The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections. Jen Fifield, reporter for ProPublica, joins CBS News to discuss.

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The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections.
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2 outlets, average source rating 8.0/10.
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