DOJ plans 12 election monitors for Salt Lake County polling places
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson met virtually with Justice Department officials Monday; voting groups say they will monitor the polls as well.
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Continuing story: Election administration for the Nov. 3 vote
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send 12 monitors, working in pairs, to six or seven Salt Lake County polling places, FOX 13 reported after Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson met with DOJ officials in a virtual meeting Monday. Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman also attended. [1]
Henderson said the monitors aim to observe and report problems including language access, ADA compliance and provisional ballots, and she urged voters to return their ballots early and sign up for ballot tracking. When the DOJ announced the plan last week, KUTV and KUER reported that the monitors are unarmed, wear no insignia and are not to contact voters, and that they follow poll-watcher law. [1][2][3]
The meeting came days after a federal judge dismissed a separate DOJ lawsuit seeking unredacted Utah voter rolls, which the department says it will appeal. League of Women Voters of Utah president Katharine Biele said her group will monitor polling places alongside the ACLU. [1]
Sources
- FOX 13: DOJ will send 12 monitors to Salt Lake County polling places; Henderson and voting groups prepare
- KUTV: Lt. governor addresses DOJ election monitors coming to Utah
- KUER: Justice Department to send election monitors to Utah
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