Opponents of California Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act, a state ballot measure that would redraw congressional maps to benefit Democrats, rally in Westminster, Calif., Sept. 10. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Bondi added that the goal of the election observers in Passaic County, New Jersey, as well as Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno counties in California, is to "ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law."
The Republican parties in both states requested federal observers.
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"In recent elections, we have received reports of irregularities in these counties that we fear will undermine either the willingness of voters to participate in the election or their confidence in the announced results of the election," California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin wrote in a letter to Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, on Monday.
The New Jersey GOP sent a similar letter about Passaic County, which is heavily Latino and once favored Democrats, but voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.
The state GOP alleged a "long and sordid history" of vote-by-mail fraud.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office blasted it as an "intimidation tactic." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Local election observers from both parties already exist, and the DOJ often sends federal observers to counties which have a history of voting rights violations.
Last year for the presidential election, Republicans in some states said they wouldn’t allow federal elections observers into certain areas while former President Joe Biden was still in office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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