DOJ sued by NAACP for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
The NAACP sued the Trump administration Friday, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms.
The planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
The civil rights organization filed its lawsuit in federal court, one month before the Nov. 3 election. The case seeks to force the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, to turn over records detailing the legal authority, personnel, training, locations and internal planning behind the massive operation. [Continue reading…]