Posted on 10/26/2016 7:48:06 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Justice Department Releases Information on Election Day Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Ballot Fraud | OPA | Department of Justice
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Justice Department Releases Information on Election Day Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Ballot Fraud
In anticipation of the upcoming general elections, the Justice Department today provided information about its efforts, through the Civil Rights Division and Criminal Division, to ensure that all qualified voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots and have their votes counted free of discrimination, intimidation or fraud in the election process.
Civil Rights Division:
The Civil Rights Division is responsible for ensuring compliance with the civil provisions of federal statutes that protect the right to vote and the criminal provisions of federal statutes that prohibit discriminatory interference with that right.
The Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section enforces the civil provisions of a wide range of federal statutes that protect the right to vote including: the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Acts. Among other things, collectively, these laws:
prohibit election practices that have either a discriminatory purpose, based on race or membership in a minority language group, or a discriminatory result, with members of racial or language minority groups having less opportunity than other citizens to participate in the political process; prohibit voter intimidation; provide that individuals who need assistance in voting because of disability or illiteracy can obtain assistance from a person of their choice; provide for accessible election machines for voters with disabilities; require provisional ballots for voters who assert they are eligible but whose names do not appear on poll books; provide for absentee ballots for service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living abroad; require states to ensure that citizens can register through drivers’ license offices, public assistance and disability services offices, other state agencies and through the mail; and include requirements regarding maintaining voter registration lists.
The Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section enforces federal criminal statutes that prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based on race, color, national origin or religion.
On Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016, the Civil Rights Division will implement a comprehensive program to help protect the right to vote, including:
The Civil Rights Division will conduct monitoring in the field at polling places around the country (locations for monitoring will be announced closer to Election Day). Civil Rights Division attorneys in both the Voting and Criminal Sections in Washington, D.C., will be ready to receive election-related complaints of potential violations relating to any of the statutes the Civil Rights Division enforces. Attorneys in the division will take appropriate action and will consult and coordinate with local U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and with other entities within the Justice Department concerning these complaints before, during and after Election Day. Civil Rights Division staff will be available by phone to receive complaints related to voting rights (1-800-253-3931 toll free or 202-307-2767) or by TTY (202-305-0082). In addition, individuals may also report complaints, problems or concerns related to voting by fax 202-307-3961, by mail to voting.section@usdoj.gov Email links icon and by complaint forms that may be submitted through a link on the department’s website: https://www.justice.gov/crt/voting-section. Complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should always be reported immediately to local authorities by calling 911. They should also be reported to the department after local authorities are contacted.
Criminal Division and the Department’s 94 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices:
The Department’s Criminal Division oversees the enforcement of federal laws that criminalize certain forms of election fraud and vindicate the integrity of the federal election process.
The Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and the department’s 94 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices are responsible for enforcing the federal criminal laws that prohibit various forms of election fraud, such as vote buying, multiple voting, submission of fraudulent ballots or registrations, alteration of votes and malfeasance by election officials. The Criminal Division is also responsible for enforcing federal criminal law prohibiting voter intimidation for reasons other than race, color, national origin or religion (as noted above, voter intimidation that has a basis in race, color, national origin or religion is addressed by the Civil Rights Division).
The U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country designate Assistant U.S. Attorneys who serve as district election officers (DEOs) in the respective districts. DEOs are responsible for overseeing potential election-crime matters in their districts and coordinating with the department’s election-crime experts in Washington, D.C.
On Nov. 8, 2016, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices will work with specially trained FBI personnel in each district to ensure that complaints from the public involving possible voter fraud are handled appropriately. Specifically:
In consultation with federal prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section in Washington, D.C., the DEOs in U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, FBI officials at Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and FBI special agents serving as Election Crime Coordinators in the FBI’s 56 field offices will be on duty while polls are open to receive complaints from the public. Election-crime complaints should be directed to the local U.S. Attorney’s Offices or the local FBI office. A list of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and their telephone numbers can be found at https://www.justice.gov/usao/find-your-united-states-attorney. A list of FBI offices and accompanying telephone numbers can be found at https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us. Public Integrity Section prosecutors are available to consult and coordinate with the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the FBI regarding the handling of election-crime allegations. Again, complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should be reported first to local police authorities by calling 911.
Both protecting the right to vote and combating election fraud are essential to maintaining the confidence of all Americans in our democratic system of government. The department encourages anyone who has information suggesting voting discrimination or ballot fraud to contact the appropriate authorities. 16-1243 Civil Rights Division Civil Rights - Voting Section Criminal Division Topic: Civil Rights Updated October 25, 2016
In other news - fox guards henhouse, promises all will be well.
This is the important part:
On Nov. 8, 2016, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices will work with specially trained FBI personnel in each district to ensure that complaints from the public involving possible voter fraud are handled appropriately. Specifically:
In consultation with federal prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section in Washington, D.C., the DEOs in U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, FBI officials at Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and FBI special agents serving as Election Crime Coordinators in the FBI’s 56 field offices will be on duty while polls are open to receive complaints from the public.
Election-crime complaints should be directed to the local U.S. Attorney’s Offices or the local FBI office. A list of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and their telephone numbers can be found at https://www.justice.gov/usao/find-your-united-states-attorney.
A list of FBI offices and accompanying telephone numbers can be found at https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us.
Are the DOJ hiring Black Panthers to patrol the voting stations?
The "Civil Rights Division" is a four-letter word in my book. They are only there to facilitate fraud.
the important part is missing. The part where they ignore Republican complaints.
You have the right to have your vote nullified.
Seems to me that they are just trying to FUNNEL all complaints to the DOJ and FBI to ensure they have COMPLETE CONTROL over the handling and publicity of those cases.
The FBI will be harassing poll watchers. Mark my word.
Yeah, yeah sure DOJ and FBI because you’ve done a bang-up job investigating everything so far *eyeroll*
Makes me nervous listening to the mainstream news media reporting as if voter fraud has never occurred. Just heard another report on the radio, assuring listeners that there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
Makes me think the democrats have truly rigged this election.
Ken, thanks for sharing that outstanding American Thinker article.
Related:
97% of DoJ employees donated to Hillary
Employees of the Department of Justice, which investigated Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of State, gave Clinton 97 percent of their donations.
Trump received $8,756 from DOJ employees compared with $286,797 for Clinton. From IRS employees, Clinton received 94 percent of donations.
You’re welcome, don’t have time to post, on my way out.
But . . . but . . . it’s insane and irresponsible to suggest that the election process will be rigged or tampered with. At least, that’s what the libs say whenever CONSERVATIVES raise questions about the process. Then, as soon as the libs are done mocking the conservatives for their concerns, the libs announce all the special monitoring and poll-watching that THEY will be doing to guarantee a fair process.
BS... if they cared the least whit about stopping vote fraud, they wouldn’t oppose voter ID with every weapon in their arsenal.
I somehow don’t feel comforted by this news. As Everyone involved is suspect.
I’d call the state police before I’d call the Feds. Don’t trust the Feds. And the several states are responsible for the voting.
You did not interpret that right.
Of those who gave who could be identified (remember, under $200 is not named), 97% gave to Hillary.
It’s a huge number, but not “97% of all employees.”
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