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Marc Elias is a Democratic election lawyer and the chair of Elias Law Group, which represents Democratic campaigns and committees and brings voting-rights and redistricting litigation. He founded Democracy Docket, a news and commentary site that covers voting and election litigation.
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Statement summary
Elias rejects a DOJ official's sworn description of the 1,000-monitor plan as no different from past practice, pointing to administration lawsuits he says are meant to intimidate election officials.
“A top official has denied that DOJ’s plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors is any different from its practices during past races — despite the Trump administration currently bringing unprecedented and baseless lawsuits to intimidate election officials.”
The case asks whether DOJ should send monitors to all 50 states. Elias disputes the department's description of its plan as routine, citing the administration's lawsuits against election officials.
DOJ plans election monitoring in every state and calls it routine enforcement work. The NAACP questions the program's authority and risks to voters, and seeks records through a FOIA lawsuit.
