Todd Rokita
Role at the time: Indiana Attorney General, in a statement released October 26
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Indiana's attorney general welcomed DOJ's plan to send election monitors to polling sites in Marion and Lake counties, saying he wants elections run securely so voters can trust the results.
“To help make that happen, I welcome the Department of Justice sending election monitors into Indiana on November 3.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)ELECTION OBSERVERS: Federal monitors heading to Indiana welcomed by AG Rokita but decried by othersArticle, opening paragraphs quoting Rokita's statement
The Indiana Citizen report on DOJ's plan to send election monitors to Marion and Lake counties, quoting a statement released by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on October 26, 2026, and responses from other Indiana officials and candidates.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to DOJ's plan to send election monitors to every state, Rokita welcomes the monitors coming to Indiana as a way to make elections secure, which supports the deployment.