Justice Department to send record 1,000 monitors to polling places for midterm elections

The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections. Jen Fifield, reporter for ProPublica, joins CBS News to discuss.

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send about 1,000 poll monitors to elections this fall, including some Tuesday.

Department of Justice to monitor polls in Miami-Dade County  Miami Herald

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it plans to deploy around 1,000 poll monitors nationwide in the 2026 midterm elections. The monitors’ role is not to intervene but to observe the process, ensure it is carried out fairly, and follow up on any investigations, according to the Justice Department. The moni