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Trump DOJ to Deploy RECORD 1,000 Federal Monitors to Polling Places Nationwide for Midterms
Gateway Pundit ^ | August 18, 2026 | Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 08/18/2026 6:40:14 PM PDT by Red Badger

The Trump Justice Department is preparing to flood polling places across America with a record 1,000 federal monitors for the November midterm elections, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon announced this week.

Dhillon told Bloomberg the deployment will be “probably going to be a historic number for a Republican administration.”

The Civil Rights Division has long sent monitors to ensure compliance with federal voting laws, but the scale under President Trump’s second term marks a sharp escalation in the fight for clean elections.

“We just did it in the primary. We will do it to the tune of approximately 1,000 election monitors in the November election. This is something that DOJ does,” Dhillon said during a Monday interview on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power, according to Bloomberg Law.

The monitors will observe whether elections are conducted fairly, looking at language access issues, disability access barriers, and places “where there may be voter fraud issues.”

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They will not intervene on Election Day but can support follow-up investigations. They operate under the same rules as other election monitors under state law.

To hit the 1,000 mark, the department is recruiting volunteers from DOJ employees and U.S. Attorney’s Offices nationwide. A full list of locations is expected after the primaries wrap up.

On Tuesday, the DOJ already had monitors on the ground for primaries in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Laramie County, Wyoming.

The department has already deployed more than 75 monitors across five states and over 200 polling locations this primary season, according to the press release.

Dhillon has also said the department will consider jurisdictions with suspected fraud problems or officials who fail to maintain accurate voter rolls. The final list of locations for the November deployment has not yet been released.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported on July 8, Dhillon announced that the DOJ would send monitors to 15 jurisdictions in Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia during the primaries. At the time, she told Americans to expect an even larger program for the general election.

That report followed earlier Gateway Pundit coverage revealing plans to monitor voting in Detroit, Lansing, and East Lansing, Michigan.

TGP also covered the Biden DOJ’s 2024 monitoring operation, when federal personnel were assigned to 86 jurisdictions in 27 states. The Justice Department’s archived announcement confirms those figures.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eeyoresahead; hoftisafairy; sowhat

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1 posted on 08/18/2026 6:40:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Hmm. How many of those can he trust?


2 posted on 08/18/2026 6:42:29 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

A judge will deny them.


3 posted on 08/18/2026 6:48:33 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: JZelle

Hard to say, but if there’s anyone at Justice deserving of trust, it’s Harmeet.


4 posted on 08/18/2026 6:49:15 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer
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To: Red Badger

Have ICE Agents there as well.


5 posted on 08/18/2026 6:54:23 PM PDT by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: Red Badger

More:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392263/posts

😊👍🇺🇸


6 posted on 08/18/2026 6:59:18 PM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: Red Badger

It’s one thing to have observers. But observers will be useless if there are not federal law enforcement officers on the site to remove and or arrest those obstructing or manipulating votes.


7 posted on 08/18/2026 7:05:24 PM PDT by dmzTahoe
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To: Red Badger
Park one of these across the street......


8 posted on 08/18/2026 7:08:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Some are worried about the Polls. AUGUST POLLS ARE TRASH. No one is paying attention. Americans are on vacation and tuned out.


9 posted on 08/18/2026 7:10:51 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: JZelle

Hmm. How many of those can he trust?

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Not many is my guess, but any oversight on the amount of democrat corruption in this country is definitely warranted.

Should of been done by the 1970’s & 1980’s. Definitely should’ve been done post 1994 at the latest.


10 posted on 08/18/2026 7:13:13 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: cowboyusa

As one pundit used to say, Americans don’t pay attention to politics until after the World Series.

I don’t know if that is still a valid statement..............


11 posted on 08/18/2026 7:13:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s a great idea. More than one would be even more effective.


12 posted on 08/18/2026 7:18:18 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Red Badger

Mid September


13 posted on 08/18/2026 7:19:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Red Badger

Ooh are they all prepared to spread rumors about potential strongly worded letters?


14 posted on 08/18/2026 7:30:27 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

“Hard to say, but if there’s anyone at Justice deserving of trust, it’s Harmeet.” I agree completely. She’s been terrific.


15 posted on 08/18/2026 7:32:49 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: Red Badger

HUZZAH!

Now let the Democrat bastards try to cheat American citizens!


16 posted on 08/18/2026 7:35:39 PM PDT by Taxman
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I hope they have something in place to monitor the mail-in ballots.


17 posted on 08/18/2026 7:37:58 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: Red Badger

Dhillon has also said the department will consider jurisdictions with suspected fraud problems or officials who fail to maintain accurate voter rolls. The final list of locations for the November deployment has not yet been released.


targeted.

Another small step that helps. small things add up.

Zec 4:10 Do not despise these small beginnings, ...............


18 posted on 08/18/2026 7:47:24 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Red Badger
As one pundit used to say, Americans don’t pay attention to politics until after the World Series. I don’t know if that is still a valid statement.............

I'm willing to bet that nobody under 60 cares a bit about the world series.

19 posted on 08/18/2026 7:54:05 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: dznutz

Covid gave us the f’n mail in. The rats tried for years to get that crap in and now we are stuck with it. It is a license to steal.


20 posted on 08/18/2026 7:55:50 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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