Election officials worry about DOJ monitoring of Tuesday's vote

Local election officials are expressing unease ahead of Tuesday's vote after some of them were told that the DOJ plans to monitor activity at their polling stations. NPR reports on the concern as part of its election coverage, and the notifications are the reason the issue has drawn attention going into voting day.

Miles Parks, NPR's voting correspondent, sets out what he intends to watch as Tuesday unfolds. His attention does not stop when the polls close. He also describes the developments he is tracking in the period afterward, once ballots have been cast and the process moves beyond election day itself. In his telling, federal monitoring is a development to follow both while people are voting and in the days that come next.

Which jurisdictions received notice, how many officials were contacted, and what monitors will actually do at the sites all remain unspecified. What is established is the worry among officials, the DOJ's planned presence at some polling stations, and Parks's plan to follow events through election day and beyond.

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