Monitoring polling places for compliance with federal law is neither a new procedure, nor does it constitute election interference. But Florida opposed the move.
did not welcome them. Instead, state officials blocked federal lawyers from going inside polling sites in three south Florida counties. Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, said their presence would "undermine confidence" in the state's election. screenshots
In addition to the department's Civil Rights Division, monitors also work in U.S. attorneys' offices; they are not law enforcement or federal agents. They don't access ballots or voting machines. "The Department of Justice has sent trained Civil Rights Division staff members to Florida and other jurisdictions during elections in years past," the department wrote. "Staff members also do not interfere in the voting process."
Byrd told reporters that in the past, some Florida counties had consented to federal monitors entering polling locations, but he said such agreements had expired.
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