Justice Department to monitor state voting in possible 2026 preview

Despite the lack of evidence, President Donald Trump and his top aides continue to contend they need to keep fighting the alleged voter fraud he falsely blamed for his 2020 defeat. As part of that, Trump has announced plans, mostly not yet implemented, to expand the federal role in state supervision of elections. Next week, the Justice Department is sending federal agents to monitor off-year state elections in California and New Jersey. While the department called election monitoring a routine function, some Democrats fear it’s the first step in making fraud claims this year -- and next. “This is a preview of 2026,” warned California Gov. Gavin Newsom, referring to next year’s congressional elections. “Wake up, everybody.”And California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state would dispatch its own observers to monitor the federal ones.Its goal, the Justice Department said, is “to ensure transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal law.” While past administrations also sent federal monitors, there are no federal elections Tuesday, and the administWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times