Wyoming Governor Seeks Probe of 2 Federal Election Monitors as DOJ Plans 1,000 Nationwide
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 28
Wyoming Governor Seeks Probe of 2 Federal Election Monitors as DOJ Plans 1,000 Nationwide
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 28
Summary
Mark Gordon asked Wyoming’s attorney general to investigate two Justice Department attorneys who monitored the Aug. 18 primary in Laramie County, calling their conduct “aggressive,” “irregular” and beyond congressional authority.
Debra Lee, the county clerk, said the monitors sought training guides, asked how new election equipment was acquired, wanted to examine tabulators and requested voter interviews inside polling places, which she refused.
The Justice Department said the pair were Civil Rights Division attorneys checking compliance with voting-rights and disability laws, disputed that they asked to inspect machines, and said the local U.S. attorney had been notified.
The clash lands as the department plans about 1,000 poll monitors nationwide for Election Day, a historic Republican-administration deployment that has drawn scrutiny amid Trump’s false election-fraud claims and calls to “take over the voting.”