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The Justice Department will send monitors to Cobb and five other Georgia counties on Election Day
DOJ is sending 1,000 monitors nationwide, up from 388 at the last midterms
Source: WSB-TV
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Last midterms | 388 |
| This year | 1,000 |
If you're voting in Cobb on Tue., Nov. 3, a federal observer may be at a polling place near you. The Justice Department notified Cobb and five other counties that it will station monitors there on Election Day. Georgia's Secretary of State's office says that's nothing unusual.
The office's records show DOJ sent observers to the same counties in 2024. Gwinnett's acting elections supervisor, Kelvin Williams, told WSB-TV that voters "will likely not notice these individuals at the polling locations."
- Counties: Bibb, Cobb, Chatham, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett
- WSB-TV asked DOJ how it picks counties: no reply
- Statewide early voting turnout: 28%, more than 2 million voters
DOJ monitors watch and report but don't step in
| Topic | What the reports say |
|---|---|
| Dress | Plain clothes |
| When | Election Day only |
| Their job | Report possible federal election law violations |
| Voters | May speak with voters they think faced violations |
Source: WSB-TV
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called the federal presence normal and said observers may wear golf shirts. President Donald Trump defended the plan: "They're not going to do anything other than watch."
