Griswold accuses DOJ of laying groundwork to reject election results
Jena GriswoldColorado secretary of state
Griswold tells PBS News she sees no reasonable basis for the monitors. She says DOJ is trying to undermine the 2026 elections and prepare grounds to reject the results.
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DOJ's expanded nationwide election-monitoring deployment is justified as routine enforcement of federal election law.
“lay the groundwork for MAGA and Trump to reject the results if they don't go their way.”
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Should DOJ send election monitors to all 50 states?
Attorney General Todd Blanche says DOJ will send election monitors to every state for the 2026 midterms. Harmeet Dhillon describes trained legal professionals observing and documenting voting. The NAACP argues that the expanded deployment risks intimidation and lacks a clear public explanation of its authority. Its October 2 lawsuit seeks records about the program, including personnel, training, locations and state consent.
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PBS News reports that DOJ plans to send 1,000 monitors to all 50 states on Nov. 3 and that states have begun receiving notices. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says her office received a Civil Rights Division letter naming Adams County. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab calls the deployment more symbolism than substance. A senior DOJ official says prosecutors will take part as monitors.
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Griswold's office received a Civil Rights Division letter naming Adams County for Election Day monitoring. She calls DOJ hostile to free and fair elections and says it has tried to intimidate secretaries of state.
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PBS reports that a senior DOJ official said monitors will not check voters' citizenship.
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She opposes the deployment, saying it has no reasonable basis and is meant to undermine the elections.
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