Voting rights experts skeptical over Trump pledge of 1,000 election monitors
Department of Justice plan raises questions over its ability to recruit so many people – and what they would doFormer officials and voting rights experts have expressed skepticism over a pledge by the Trump administration to dispatch 1,000 monitors across the country to scrutinize November’s US midterm elections.While the Department of Justice (DoJ) has expressed hope that the operation will be the largest in its history, its plan raised questions over its ability to recruit so many people – and what they would do.
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- Department of Justice plan raises questions over its ability to recruit so many people – and what they would doFormer officials and voting rights experts have expressed skepticism over a pledge by the Trump administration to dispatch 1,000 monitors across the country to scrutinize November’s US midterm elections.While the Department of Justice (DoJ) has expressed hope that the operation will be the largest in its history, its plan raised questions over its ability to recruit so many people – and what they would do.
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Voting rights experts skeptical over Trump pledge of 1,000 election monitors
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