DOJ confirms it’s sending election monitors to Louisiana — and all 50 states
(Louisiana Illuminator) — An unspecified number of election monitors from the U.S. Department of Justice will be sent to Louisiana for the Nov. 3 election, but an agency spokesman said the deployment is nothing out of the ordinary and similar to measures it has taken for decades in previous elections. A spokesman for the Louisiana Secretary of State said Friday its officials were "indirectly informed" the DOJ will send election monitors to certain jurisdictions, but the state has not received any official notice of its plans or the parishes where they will be stationed. Two days left for Louisiana early voting for Nov. 3 election When asked to confirm its plans, an unnamed Justice Department representative responded via email Friday that the agency will have monitors in all 50 states. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche has previously said roughly 1,000 monitors are being sent across the…






















































