Thread: 'Bilinguial' Voter Protection - Holder dispatches poll monitors for Election Day

Justice Department dispatches poll monitors for Election Day

The monitors will look for race-based discrimination and inadequate resources for bilingual voters and individuals with disabilities, the agency said in a statement on Monday.

By Josh Hicks November 3 at 5:28 PM

The Justice Department has dispatched federal poll monitors to 18 states in an effort to prevent voter discrimination ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday.

The monitors will look for race-based discrimination and inadequate resources for bilingual voters and individuals with disabilities, the agency said in a statement on Monday.

“I want the American people to know that the Justice Department will stand vigilant — working in a fair and nonpartisan manner to ensure that every voter can cast his or her ballot free of intimidation, discrimination or obstruction,” the attorney general said in a video announcement Monday.



The Justice Department has dispatched polling monitors to 28 jurisdictions to prevent discrimination during Tuesday’s midterm elections. (Clay Jackson/The Advocate Messenger via AP)

The monitoring will take place in 28 jurisdictions. Holder said his agency chose the locations based on “independent and nonpartisan consideration and expertise” after receiving information from “a wide variety of citizens and groups.” His comments suggests that individuals and groups have raised concerns about potential problems.

The Justice Department has been actively involved with polling issues during the Obama administration, assisting in efforts to overturn stricter voter-identification laws and early-voting limits on grounds that they suppress voting, especially among minorities.

In a setback for the agency, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that Texas could proceed with stricter voter-ID rules. A lower court had declared the measure unconstitutional, saying it would keep hundreds of thousands of voters from casting ballots and disproportionately harm African Americans and Hispanics.

The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in July to support a group’s legal challenge of an Ohio law that limits early voting.

The agency plans to monitor three jurisdictions in Ohio and two in Texas. Florida will have the most oversight, with officials watching four jurisdictions. DOJ has posted a full list of the locations on its Web site.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-election-day/

WHO is monitoring the 'monitors?' ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------

On Nov. 4, 2014, the department will monitor polling place activities on the ground in 28 jurisdictions:

• Maricopa County, Arizona;
• Alameda County, California;
• Napa County, California;
• Duval County, Florida;
• Hillsborough County, Florida;
• Lee County, Florida;
• Orange County, Florida;
• Fulton County, Georgia;
• Gwinnett County, Georgia;
• Chicago, Illinois;
• Finney County, Kansas;
• Robeson County, North Carolina;
• Colfax County, Nebraska;
• Douglas County, Nebraska;
• Bergen County, New Jersey;
• Cibola County, New Mexico;
• Orange County, New York;
• Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
• Hamilton County, Ohio;
• Lorain County, Ohio;
• Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;
• Richland County, South Carolina;
• Charles Mix County, South Dakota;
• Shannon County; South Dakota;
• Shelby County, Tennessee;
• Harris County, Texas;
• Waller County, Texas; and
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The department’s monitoring will gather information on, among other things, whether voters are subject to different voting qualifications or procedures on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group; whether jurisdictions are complying with the minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act; whether jurisdictions permit voters to receive assistance by a person of his or her choice if the voter is blind, has a disability, or is unable to read or write; whether jurisdictions allow voters with disabilities to cast a private and independent ballot; whether jurisdictions comply with the voter registration list requirements of the National Voter Registration Act; and whether jurisdictions comply with the provisional ballot requirements of the Help America Vote Act. Department personnel also will maintain contact with local election officials.

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justic...election-day-0

He is out to protect Obama's illegal alien voters to make sure they can help steal US elections again this year.

W

Don't people have to know basic English, to become citizens?

How difficult can it be to discuss the issues with friends and neighbors who can speak the language of the country that people come from?
*******************************************
Americans first in this magnificent country

American jobs for American workers

Fair trade, not free trade