Cities and Counties Prepare for Potential Federal Interference in Upcoming Midterm Elections

Local officials across the U.S. are training poll workers, coordinating with civil rights groups, and preparing legal strategies amid concerns about potential federal interference in the November 3rd midterm elections. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that agents from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration will serve as poll monitors. A federal judge also denied a DOJ request for a restraining order to stop several California counties from processing ballots it said might have been cast by non-citizens.